Athens

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a city in and the capital of Greece, in the southeastern part. Greek ��·�ٳ��·�Բ�� [ah-, thee, -ne].
Greater Athens, a metropolitan area comprising the city of Athens, Piraeus, and several residential suburbs.
a city in northern Georgia.
a city in southern Ohio.
a town in northern Alabama.
a town in southern Tennessee.
a town in eastern Texas.
any city that is compared to Athens, especially as a cultural center:
the Athens of the Midwest.

Athens

/ ˈæθɪ�Գ� /

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the capital of Greece, in the southeast near the Saronic Gulf: became capital after independence in 1834; ancient city-state, most powerful in the 5th century bc ; contains the hill citadel of the Acropolis. Pop: 3 238 000 (2005 est) Greek nameAthinaiaˈθinɛAthinaaˈθina

Athens

A leading city of ancient Greece , famous for its learning, culture , and democratic institutions. The political power of Athens was sometimes quite limited, however, especially after its defeat by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War . Pericles was a noted ruler of Athens. ( See also under “World Geography.” )

Athens

Capital of Greece in east-central Greece on the plain of Attica, overlooking an arm of the Mediterranean Sea . Named after its patron goddess, Athena, Athens is Greece's largest city and its cultural, administrative, and economic center.

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As the cultural center of Greece, ancient Athens was home to influential writers and thinkers such as Aristophanes , Euripides , Socrates , and Plato .

Its principal landmark is the Acropolis , on which stands the remains of the Parthenon and other buildings.

In the fifth century b.c. , Athens was one of the world's most powerful and highly civilized cities ( see also under “World History to 1550” ).

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Alabama is all she’s ever known, aside from a brief stint in Athens, where she first set out to make a name for herself at the University of Georgia.

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To understand the essential role culture can play in fostering democracy, it is instructive to look back at classical Athens, often considered the cradle of Western democracy.

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There has been an explosion in central Athens, near the offices of Greek railway company Hellenic Train.

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The bottom line of Athens last Thursday was, indeed, amazing, but there were warning signs.

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Graeme Shinny, from Aberdeen, paid £500 for a flight from Athens to Dublin on Friday evening.

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