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Noun
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a resident of Athens
Adjective
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of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants
Usage examples
- Plato was an Athenian of the generation after Socrates.
- The battles represent Greek and Athenian dominance through military power and historical events.
- This in turn meant that the Athenians must prepare to abandon Athens.
- The Spartans assaulted the Athenian fortifications on Pylos from both land and sea.
- The right of citizenship was offered him by the Athenians, but he refused it.
- After the battle of Marathon, Athenians created a statue in honour of Callimachus.
- According to Plutarch, Cynegeirus was one of the Athenian Generals.
- His name however derives from Cleon, an Athenian politician of the Peloponnesian War.
- The Athenians, meanwhile, were unable to press the advantage they had gained.
- After three seasons in the Spartan League the club joined the Athenian League.