Athínai
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- Names
Athínai
Athenai
Αθήνα
Athens
Atenas
Athènes
Athen
Atene
Ἀθῆναι
Athína
Afina
Afini
Afiny
Āten
Aten
Ateny
Athénes
Athinia
Atina
Αθήναι
آتِن
Афина
Афіни
Athenae
Athēnai
Athine
τὸ κλεινὸν ἄστυ
Athenian
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was an ancient metropolis of great importance; settled in Neolithic times. Acropolis was fortified by 1200 BCE; became great city-state, ruling and colonizing over a wide area. It was the center of culture influencing all of the Western world in philosophy, theater, and art. The name refers to the goddess Athena. In Homeric Greek the city's name was in the singular form (Ἀθήνη) then changed in the plural.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of World History (1993); Times Atlas of the World (1994); USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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