Callicrates or Kallikrates (; ) was an

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architect active in the middle of the fifth century BC. He and Ictinus were

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s of the

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(

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, ''Pericles'', 13). An inscription identifies him as the architect of "the Temple of Nike" on the

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(IG I³ 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site or a small-scale predecessor (

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) whose remains were found in the later temple's foundations. An inscription identifies Callicrates as one of the architects of the Classical circuit wall of the Acropolis (IG I³ 45), and Plutarch further states (loc. cit.) that he was contracted to build the middle of three defensive walls linking

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and

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. A

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on the planet Mercury was named in his honor.

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''Pericles'' 13
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