Athens
['æθɪnz]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a university town in northeast Georgia.
(noun.) a town in southeast Ohio.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Examples
- All Athens accompanied us for several miles. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He came by sea from Constantinople to Athens. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Still, I go to Athens sometimes for amusement, and amusement requires money. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In the valley, near the Acropolis, (the square-topped hill before spoken of,) Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He entered the Academy at Athens about 367 B.. and st udied there till the death of Plato twenty years later. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As its name implies, it was dedicated to the service of the Muses, which was also the case with the Peripatetic school at Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our modern idea, that any one in the state is a citizen, would have shocked the privileged democrats of Athens profoundly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nalanda and Taxilla seem to have been considerable educational centres as early as the opening of the schools of Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One clenched hand contained a slip of paper, on which was written, To Athens. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The republican character of the private corporations called the schools or academies at Athens was far more stable and independent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So Athens was disliked and envied by her own empire; her disasters were not felt and shared as disasters by her subject-cities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Come, Count, and sing that love-song you used to be so fond of in Athens. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And it was chiefly the poorer citizens of Athens who sustained this empire by their most vigorous and incessant personal service. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Until at last a voice in Athens began to shout Macedonia! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Rachel