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8. The capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess); Also called: capital of Greece, Greek capital.
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(US) City in NE Georgia, US, on the Oconee River, NE of Atlanta; seat of Clarke County; The University of Georgia was established here 1801. Industries include cotton and electrical products.(Greece) (Greek Athinai) Capital city of Greece and of ancient Attica; metropolitan area (1991) 3,096,800. Situated 8 km/5 mi NE of its port of Piraeus on the Gulf of Aegina, it is built around the rocky hills of the Acropolis 169 m/555 ft and the Areopagus 112 m/368 ft, and is overlooked from the NE by the hill of Lycabettus, 277 m/909 ft high. It lies in the S of the central plain of Attica, watered by the mountain streams of Cephissus and Ilissus. It has less green space than any other European capital (4%) and severe air and noise pollution.
features.
The Acropolis dominates the city. Remains of ancient Greece include the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the temple of Athena Nike. Near the site of the ancient Agora (marketplace) stands the Theseum, and south of the Acropolis is the theater of Dionysus. To the SE stand the gate of Hadrian and the columns of the temple of Olympian Zeus. Nearby is the marble stadium built about 330 BC and restored 1896.
history.
The site was first inhabited about 3000 BC with Athens as the capital of a united Attica before 700 BC. Captured and sacked by the Persians 480 BC, it became the first city of Greece in power and culture under Pericles. After the death of Alexander the Great the city fell into comparative decline, but it flourished as an intellectual center until AD 529 when the philosophical schools were closed by Justinian. In 1458 it was captured by the Turks, who held it until 1833; it was chosen as the capital of Greece 1834. During World War II, it was occupied by the Germans April 1941–Oct 1944 and was then the scene of fierce street fighting between monarchist and communist partisan factions until Jan 1945.
A three-month trial ban of automobiles in the city center began April 1995, following mounting public concern over the damage caused to historic monuments and inhabitants' health by the high levels of pollution.