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Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

is the capital city of Greece.
  • Classical Athens
    Classical Athens
    The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece was a notable polis of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias...

    , the city in Classical Antiquity
  • History of Athens
    History of Athens
    Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BCE and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BCE laid the foundations...


Athens may also refer to:
  • Athens access and identity management
    Athens access and identity management
    Athens is an Access and Identity Management service based in the United Kingdom that is supplied by Eduserv to provide single sign-on to protected resources combined with full user management capability...

    , an access and identity management service
  • the Athens meteorite of 1933, which fell in Alabama, United States (see Meteorite falls
    Meteorite falls
    Meteorite falls, also called observed falls, are those meteorites that were witnessed by people or automated devices as they moved through the atmosphere or hit the Earth, and were subsequently collected. All other meteorites are called "finds"...

    )
  • The ATHENS Programme
    ATHENS Programme
    The ATHENS Programme is a 1-week exchange session, held twice a year , by a network of European higher education institutions ....

    , an exchange network of European higher education institutions in engineering, coordinated by ParisTech
  • The Athens (typeface)
    Athens (typeface)
    Athens was one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer. It was designed by Susan Kare. An official TrueType version was never made, and Athens was rendered obsolete with the arrival of System 7....

    , one of the original bitmap typefaces for the Apple Macintosh computer

Placename

In Canada
  • Athens, Ontario
    Athens, Ontario
    Athens is a township in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately 25 km north of the St. Lawrence River, near Brockville, west of Addison, and about 90 km south west of Ottawa....



In the United States
  • Athens, Alabama
    Athens, Alabama
    Athens is a city in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 18,967. According to the 2009 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 24,234...

  • Athens, Arkansas
    Athens, Arkansas
    Athens is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. It includes a number of historic places, including the following ones which are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places:...

  • Athens, California
    Athens, California
    Athens is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California. It lies at an elevation of 171 feet . Athens is located in the South Los Angeles region, near the intersection of the Century and the Harbor freeways...

  • Athens, Georgia
    Athens, Georgia
    Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...

  • Athens, Illinois
    Athens, Illinois
    Athens is a city in Menard County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,726 at the 2000 census, and 1,778 at a 2009 estimate. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

  • Athens, Indiana
    Athens, Indiana
    Athens is an unincorporated hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana, originally called Hoover Station. The town's name is pronounced with a long a and stress on the first syllable...

  • Athens, Kentucky
    Athens, Kentucky
    Athens, Kentucky, United States, is a small unincorporated village in the rural services area of Lexington- Fayette Urban County to the east of Interstate 75. First settled in 1786 as the community of Cross Plains, the town was chartered as Athens in 1826 and had its own post office from that time...

  • Athens, Louisiana
    Athens, Louisiana
    Athens is a village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 262 at the 2000 census.The Pilgrim's Pride poultry hatchery in Athens was designated for closure early in 2009, along with other company businesses in nearby Arcadia in Bienville Parish, Choudrant in Lincoln...

  • Athens, Maine
    Athens, Maine
    Athens is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The population was 847 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

  • Athens, Michigan
    Athens, Michigan
    Athens is a village in Calhoun County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,111 at the 2000 census. The village is located in southern Athens Township, and is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was settled in 1831.-Geography:According to the United...

  • Athens, Mississippi
    Athens, Mississippi
    Athens is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States.Athens is located at .Among the notable residents of Athens was attorney Samuel J...

  • Athens, New York:
    • Athens (town), New York
      Athens (town), New York
      Athens is a town in Greene County, New York, USA. The population was 4,089 at the 2010 census.The Town of Athens has a village also called Athens...

    • Athens (village), New York
      Athens (village), New York
      Athens is a village in Greene County, New York, USA. The population was 1,668 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the classical city of Athens.The Village of Athens is in the eastern part of the Town of Athens, opposite the City of Hudson....

  • Athens, Ohio
    Athens, Ohio
    Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...

    , a town
  • Athens County, Ohio
    Athens County, Ohio
    As of the census of 2000, there were 62,223 people, 22,501 households, and 12,713 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 24,901 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile...

  • Athens, Pennsylvania
    Athens, Pennsylvania
    Athens is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, two miles south of the N. Y. State line on the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers. Population in 1900, 3,749; and in 1910, 3,796. The population was 3,415 at the 2000 census...

    , a borough
  • Athens, Tennessee
    Athens, Tennessee
    Athens is a city in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of McMinn County and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens Combined Statistical Area. The population was 13,220 at the 2000...

  • Athens, Texas
    Athens, Texas
    Athens is a city in Henderson County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,710. It is the county seat of Henderson County. According to the Texas Legislature, Athens is the "Original Home of the Hamburger"...

  • Athens, Vermont
    Athens, Vermont
    Athens is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 340 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 13.1 square miles , of which 13.0 square miles is land and 0.04 square mile is...

  • Athens, West Virginia
    Athens, West Virginia
    Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,102 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,578. It is the home of Concord University.-History:...

  • Athens, Wisconsin
    Athens, Wisconsin
    Athens is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,095 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...



On the Black Sea
  • Pontic Athens
    Pontic Athens
    Pontic Athens or Pontic Athenæ was a city on the shore of the Black Sea mentioned by the ancient historian Arrian in his 2nd century Periplus Ponti Euxini. There is some debate over whether it was simply a local city with a temple to Athena as Arrian mentioned or if it was a Pontic colony of the...

    , a city mentioned in the 2nd century Periplus Ponti Euxini which may have been a colony of the Greek city

See also

  • Other locations nicknamed "Athens"
  • Athen (disambiguation)
  • Atena (disambiguation)
  • Athena (disambiguation)
    Athena (disambiguation)
    Athena is a goddess of wisdom, strategic-war and weaving in Greek mythology. It is also a feminine given name, after the goddess.Athena can also refer to:-Companies:* Athena , a Japanese video game company...

  • Athene (disambiguation)
    Athene (disambiguation)
    Athene is the shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavour in Greek mythology.Athene may also refer to:*881 Athene, a main belt asteroid*Athene , a genus that contains two to four living species of small owls...

  • Altena (disambiguation)
    Altena (disambiguation)
    Altena may refer to:* Altena, Germany* Land van Altena, a historical region and former fiefdom of the Lords of Altena in the Netherlands* Altena , a village in Drenthe, Netherlands...

  • Athens Township (disambiguation)
  • Afini
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