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• Athens is named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom.


• In 5th century BC, Athens experienced its Golden Age, under the reign of Pericles.


• Athens is the capital city of Greece.


• In 1896 the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.


• Athens is widely referred to as the ‘Birthplace of Democracy’ and ‘Cradle of Western civilization’.
  


• Athens was the birthplace of many prominent writers, philosophers, politicians and scientists of the ancient world, including Sophocles, Socrates and Pericles.