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US
/ˈæθənz/
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NOUN
- a town in southeast Ohio
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the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
in the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city - a university town in northeast Georgia
How To Use Athens In A Sentence
- Sparta freed many cities, including Athens, from their tyrants, fought bravely for Greek freedom from the Persians, and then claimed to be freeing Greece from Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War.
- Taiwan grabbed two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze at the Athens Olympics.
- Hytra Grouper on a bed of salicornia and spinach accompanied with a crayfish sauce scented with pelargonium at Hytra It's daybreak at Athens' Agora, or central market, and the air is buzzing with the cries of fish mongers hawking the day's catch. Not Your Typical Greek Salad
- In fact, to tell the truth, it was my cribbing book, and I always kept it by me when I was writing at Athens, like a gradus, a _gradus ad Venetia
- The force sent to Sicily consisted of 134 triremes and 27,000 men, the largest Athens had ever fielded.
- In Athens they scarcely appear above the horizon, so the early Greek texts undermined their importance.
- Excavations directed by Metaxia Tsipopoulou of the Greek Ministry of Culture and William D.E. Coulson, former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, showed that the four buildings had been erected on the rectangular "megaron" plan typical of the Greek mainland. Cretan Shrine Discovered
- Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.
- Arriving in Athens, the son of Sopaeus was introduced to the banker Pasion, with whom he deposited his money, as much as 1,000 gold staters.
- Their city, known as the `Athens of the Midwest," was civic-minded, proud, and increasingly prosperous. ISAAC CAMPION
