Athens in time

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Athens
the most ancient polis in Europe*

But what does Athens has to say
for 7000 years of
history, democr...

Wisdom
Athens was named after
the goddess Athena, after
a contest with Poseidon in
Acropolis.

Athena won with an olive tr...

Mythology
First inhabited in the
Neolithic period, as a
defensible settlement
on top of the Acropolis,
around the end of 4...

HistoryHistory
Athens succeeded in
bringing the other
towns of Attica under
its rule. Synoikismos
created the largest and
...

Reform
Politics from
families to
politics from
free men

Solon
created the
social basis that
led to
d...

Tyranny
Few steps till
democracy…

After Solon, tyrants ruled
Athens, but not for long.
Tyrannicides (so as
the Marathon B...

Democracy
Most offices were filled by
lot, although the ten
strategoi (generals) were
elected. This system
remained remark...

Strategy
Themistocles connected Athens
with Piraeus port, preparing Athens for
the war with Sparta, after the victory of
G...

Leadership
Pericles name made
famous by Thucydides,
the first real historian.

Pericles led Athens to its
Golden Era, tran...

Philosophy
Plato’s Academy,
student of
Socrates,
Aristotle, and
many more lived
in Athens.
Their ideas
formed the
European...

Economics
Athens was the first
Cosmopolitan Metropolis
with goods from around
the world reaching
Piraeus port.

Knowledge,...

Empire
Delos was the capital of
Athenian Alliance.

The island that
Apollo was born, no
man is allowed to be
born or die i...

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Theater
Dionysus Theater in
Acropolis was the
place were
Athenians were
gathering to be
educated with
Drama.
Man is seen a...

Celebration
Panathinaia was
the ancient festival
for Athena in
Athens.
Today the historic
Football Club of
Panathinaikos
c...

Alexander the Great
Phillip of Macedon
rules Athens.
Orator Demosthenes
stood against him, but
Phillip’s son, Alexander,
w...

Roman Athens
Under Rome, Athens was
given the status of a free
city because of its widely
admired schools. The
Roman emper...

Athens lost its classical Glory after Ages..

Byzantium
But the conversion of the
Empire to Christianity
ended the city's role as a
centre of pagan learning;
the Empero...

Latin Athens
Athens was the capital of the
eponymous Duchy of Athens. The
Burgundian family De la Roche, it
replaced Athen...

Ottoman Athens
In 1458, Athens fell to the Ottoman Empire.
As the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II the
Conqueror rode into the cit...

Independence
In 1822, a Greek insurgency captured the city,
but it fell to the Ottomans again in 1826.
Again the ancient m...

Capital
Athens was chosen as the
Greek capital for historical
and sentimental reasons. A
modern city plan was laid out
and...

1896
the first
modern
Olympics is
a fact.
Olympics

Modern
2004
Athens
Olympics

were the best
Olympics in
history of the
modern
Games.

SO TODAY?

http://www.athens-today.com/

Notable Athenians
Aeschylus Nicias
Alcibiades Peisistratos
Aristophanes Pericles
Aspasia ...

Ancient sites in Athens

The Acropolis, with the
Parthenon
Agora
Arch of Adrian
Areopagus
Kerameikos
Lysicrates monument
P...

Now
Athens lives its modern
drama version, with the
values of the past trying to
come back to life.

Times change, but peo...

Sites I can learn more about Athens

Blogs
http://www.athensguide.com/top-
10/index.htm
http://www.true-athens.com/
http:/...

http://www.harrys-greece.com/h-
athens/cultural/beaches.htm

Thank you

ΑΘΗΝΑ
Themis Papadimopoulos
www.opentourism.gr

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