From his village, the narrator can see the city of Athens in the distance, including the prominent temple of Athena built on a rock. He lives in the village with his brother, sister, and friend Thrasyllus. The narrator notes that Athena is the goddess the city is named after and that they worship her and other local gods. Festivals are held regularly in Athens and the countryside involving singing, dancing, sacrificing animals, eating, drinking, and processions for the Panathenaic games. During the Dionysia festival people go to the theater, where they always find joy.

1. ΑΙ ΑΘΗΝΑΙ
Texto basado en el método de W.H.D. Rouse, A Greek Boy at home.
Ana Mª Ovando

2. ἐνθένδε ὁρῶμεν τὰς Ἀθήνας·
φανεραὶ γάρ εἰσιν αἱ Ἀθῆναι ἀπὸ
τῆς κώμης, ἐν ᾗ οἰκῶ μετὰ τοῦ
ἀδελφοῦ καὶ τῆς ἀδελφῆς καὶ τοῦ
Θρασύλλου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων.

3. καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις
φανερός ἐστι ναὸς τῆς Ἀθήνης, ὅς
ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ἣν ὁρᾶτε.

4. ἡ μὲν γὰρ Ἀθήνη
θεός ἐστίν, ἡμεῖς
δὲ σέβομεν τὴν
Ἀθήνην·
σέβομεν δὲ καὶ
ἄλλους θεοὺς
ἐγχωρίους, περὶ ὧν
ὕστερον λέγω.

5. καὶ πολλάκις ἄγομεν ἑορτὰς καὶ
Ἀθήνησι καὶ κατ᾽ ἀγρούς· ᾄδομεν,
χορεύομεν, σφάζομεν ἱερά,
ἐσθίομεν, πίνομεν·

6. τί δ’ οὐ ποιοῦμεν ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς;
ἐν τοῖς Παναθηναίοις πομπή ἐστι
λαμπροτάτη·

7. ἐν τοῖς Διονυσίοις φοιτῶμεν εἰς τὸ
θέατρον· καὶ αἰεὶ χαίρομεν

8. Crédito de las imágenes ajenas, publicadas bajo
licencia CC:
Oboulko
Pilar Roa
Magdalena Zambrano
Sebastià Giralt