Athens

Definitions

1. A surname from Greek.
2. The capital city of Greece.
3. The Greek government.
   metonymically
4. Several places in the United States:
5. A city, the county seat of Limestone County, Alabama.
6. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas.
7. A large unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
8. A sizable city, the county seat of Clarke County, Georgia, consolidated with Clarke County as Athens-Clarke County.
9. A city in Menard County, Illinois.
10. An unincorporated community and hamlet in Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana.
11. A small unincorporated village outside of Lexington, Kentucky.
12. A village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
13. A town in Somerset County, Maine.
14. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
15. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi.
16. A ghost town in Clark County, Missouri.
17. A former mining settlement and ghost town in Nye County, Nevada.
18. A town and village in Greene County, New York.
19. A city, the county seat of Athens County, Ohio.
20. A borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
21. A city, the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee.
22. A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Texas.
23. A town in Windham County, Vermont.
24. A town in Mercer County, West Virginia.
25. A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
26. A township in Ontario, Canada.

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work⟳ of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.”

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