1. athenian - Noun
2. athenian - Adjective
Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
A native or citizen of Athens.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to the Athenian Constitution, only the pentakosiomedimnoi were eligible for election to high office as archons and therefore only they gained admission into the Areopagus. Source: Internet
According to the excavated Naval Inventories, lists of ships' equipment compiled by the Athenian naval boards, there were: *62 thranitai in the top row (thranos means "deck"). Source: Internet
Aelian, On the Nature of Animals VII, 38 Marathon run main According to Herodotus, an Athenian runner named Pheidippides was sent to run from Athens to Sparta to ask for assistance before the battle. Source: Internet
According to Thucydides, the Athenian citizens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian War (5th century BC) numbered 40,000, making with their families a total of 140,000 people in all. Source: Internet
After threatening to sail with the whole Athenian people into exile in Sicily, he eventually persuaded the other Allies, whose security after all relied on the Athenian navy, to accept his plan. Source: Internet
A further source of provocation was an Athenian decree, issued in 433/2 BC, imposing stringent trade sanctions on Megarian citizens (once more a Spartan ally after the conclusion of the First Peloponnesian War). Source: Internet