1. Athens - Noun
2. Athens - Proper noun
a university town in northeast Georgia
a town in southeast Ohio
the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)
Source: WordNetA great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Benjamin Disraeli
Let there be light said Liberty, And like sunrise from the sea, Athens arose. Percy Bysshe Shelley
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made the name of Hellas distinctive no longer of race but of intellect, and the title of Hellene a badge of education rather than of common descent. Isocrates
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. Alexander the Great
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. Edith Hamilton
To carry owls to Athens. German Proverb