Athens

[ ath-inz ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the southeastern part. Greek A·the·nai [ah-, thee, -ne].
2. Greater Athens, a metropolitan area comprising the city of Athens, Piraeus, and several residential suburbs.
3. a city in northern Georgia.
4. a city in southern Ohio.
5. a town in northern Alabama.
6. a town in southern Tennessee.
7. a town in eastern Texas.
8. any city that is compared to Athens, especially as a cultural center:

   the Athens of the Midwest.

Athens

/ ˈæθɪnz /

noun

1. 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

¹

1. 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

²

1. 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.

Notes

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” ).

Example Sentences

Greece won at Wembley and were only pipped by England to promotion by virtue of a 3-0 collapse in Athens last week.

From BBC

The suburban sprawl and landscape destruction that helped fuel the fires around Athens apply in Southern California too.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Riley, who lived in the city of Athens, north-east Georgia, was found dead in a wooded area of the UGA campus after she did not return from her morning run.

From BBC

Greek police have been criticised after it was claimed they used riot shields and tear gas to control England supporters during the Nations League match with Greece in Athens.

From BBC

Would some of those players not here in Athens have been more minded to report had this been Tuchel's first game in charge as opposed to the dying embers of the Carsley interim regime?

From BBC