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| | THE GOLDEN AGE OF PERICLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | His first objectives were to rebuild the temple complex of the Acropolis which had been destroyed by the Persians, and to link Athens to its lifeline, the port of Piraeus, with fortified walls designed to withstand any future siege. |
 | | Under Pericles’ leadership (461-429 BC), Athens experienced a golden age with unprecedented cultural, artistic and scientific achievements, which had germinated in the Ionian cities in Asia Minor almost two centuries earlier. |
 | | The major monuments, in the order in which they were built, are the temple of Athena Parthenos (the Parthenon), 447-432 BC; the Propylaea (gateway), 437-432 BC; the temple of Athena Nike, 427-424 BC; and the temple of Erechtheus (the Erechtheum), 421-405 BC. |
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