Of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants.

Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.

(lived 6th century BC) Athenian statesman, the founder of Athenian democracy. He was exiled with his family, the Alcmaeonidae, and intrigued and campaigned against the Athenian tyrants, the Pisistratids. After their removal in 510 BC he developed a popular faction in favor of democracy, which was established by his reforms over the next decade.

(c. 530-468 BC) Athenian politician. He was one of the ten Athenian generals at the battle of Marathon 490 BC and was elected chief archon, or magistrate. Later he came into conflict with the democratic leader Themistocles, and was exiled about 483 BC. He returned to fight against the Persians at Salamis 480 BC and in the following year commanded the Athenians at Plataea. As commander of the Athenian fleet he established the alliance of Ionian states known as the Delian League.