Athens : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Athens	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Athens n 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" Synonym(s): Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital a town in southeast Ohio a university town in northeast Georgia
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Athens, AL (city, FIPS 2956) Location: 34.78601 N, 86.95990 W Population (1990): 16901 (7271 housing units) Area: 77.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35611 Athens, GA (city, FIPS 3432) Location: 33.95530 N, 83.39370 W Population (1990): 45734 (18499 housing units) Area: 43.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30601, 30605, 30606, 30607 Athens, IL (city, FIPS 2674) Location: 39.96091 N, 89.72485 W Population (1990): 1404 (581 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Athens, LA (village, FIPS 3320) Location: 32.65113 N, 93.02590 W Population (1990): 278 (144 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71003 Athens, ME Zip code(s): 04912 Athens, MI (village, FIPS 3880) Location: 42.08585 N, 85.23618 W Population (1990): 990 (383 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49011 Athens, NY (village, FIPS 2902) Location: 42.26709 N, 73.81290 W Population (1990): 1708 (752 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12015 Athens, OH (city, FIPS 2736) Location: 39.32418 N, 82.09605 W Population (1990): 21265 (6098 housing units) Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45701 Athens, PA (borough, FIPS 3392) Location: 41.95038 N, 76.51708 W Population (1990): 3468 (1515 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18810 Athens, TN (city, FIPS 2320) Location: 35.45150 N, 84.60196 W Population (1990): 12054 (5184 housing units) Area: 31.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37303 Athens, TX (city, FIPS 4504) Location: 32.20482 N, 95.85537 W Population (1990): 10967 (4793 housing units) Area: 35.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75751 Athens, WI (village, FIPS 3550) Location: 45.03363 N, 90.07631 W Population (1990): 951 (412 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Athens, WV (town, FIPS 3292) Location: 37.42281 N, 81.01606 W Population (1990): 741 (398 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24712
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Athens the capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of Greek literature and art during the golden period of Grecian history. Its inhabitants were fond of novelty (Acts 17:21), and were remarkable for their zeal in the worship of the gods. It was a sarcastic saying of the Roman satirist that it was "easier to find a god at Athens than a man." On his second missionary journey Paul visited this city (Acts 17:15; comp. 1 Thess. 3:1), and delivered in the Areopagus his famous speech (17:22-31). The altar of which Paul there speaks as dedicated "to the [properly "an"] unknown God" (23) was probably one of several which bore the same inscription. It is supposed that they originated in the practice of letting loose a flock of sheep and goats in the streets of Athens on the occasion of a plague, and of offering them up in sacrifice, at the spot where they lay down, "to the god concerned."