<P> After winning at Eurymedon during 468 BC , Cimon and Themistocles ordered the reconstruction of the southern and northern walls of the Acropolis . Most of the major temples , including the Parthenon , were rebuilt by order of Pericles during the so - called Golden Age of Athens ( 460 -- 430 BC ) . Phidias , an Athenian sculptor , and Ictinus and Callicrates , two famous architects , were responsible for the reconstruction . </P>
who was the mastermind behind rebuilding the acropolis following the persian war of 480 bce
Pericles