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Athens City Trivia

Can you answer these questions about the city of Athens, Greece?
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Last updated: September 27, 2024
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Well-known temple in Athens that is dedicated to goddess Athena
Parthenon
Flat-topped and high ground area the above is located on
Acropolis
Main rival city-state of Athens during classical antiquity
Sparta
Name of the war that Athens fought against the above between 431BC-404 BC
Peloponnesian War
Event that Athens hosted for the first time in 1896
Summer Olympics
Founder of the Academy of Athens
Plato
Philosopher who drank hemlock when convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens
Socrates
Athenian philosopher was Alexander the Great's tutor
Aristotle
System of government established by Athens around 500 BC
Democracy
General who was the "first citizen" of Athens during its Golden Age
Pericles
Closest world capital to Athens
Skopje
Empire that conquered and burned the city in 479 BCE
Achaemenid Empire
Mythical king and founder-hero of Athens
Theseus
Greek god that competed against Athena for the then-unnamed city of Athens
to be named after themselves
Poseidon
They competed by each giving one gift to the city. What did Athena give?
Olive Tree
Italian painter who painted "The School of Athens"
Raphael
Name of the central square of Athens
Syntagma Square
Athens is the seat of this Greek administrative region
Attica
Gulf that Athens metropolitan area borders to its south
Saronic Gulf
U.S. state that has its flagship public university in a city named Athens
Georgia
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