Anacharsis (; ) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken " barbarian ", apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived.

In Greek mythology, Aegeus (; ) or Aegeas (; ), was an archaic figure in the founding myth of Athens.

Draco (;, Drakōn ) ( circa 7th century BC ) was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece.

Most New Testament scholars believe Paul of Tarsus wrote this letter from Corinth, although information appended to this work in many early manuscripts ( e. g., Codices Alexandrinus, Mosquensis, and Angelicus ) state that Paul wrote it in Athens after Timothy had returned from Macedonia with news of the state of the church in Thessalonica (; ).

Erechtheus (; Greek: Ἐρεχθεύς ) in Greek mythology was the name of an archaic king of Athens, the re-founder of the polis and a double at Athens for Poseidon, as " Poseidon Erechtheus ".

Praxiteles (; Ancient Greek: Πραξιτέλης ) of Athens, the son of Cephisodotus the Elder, was the most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BC.

In Greek mythology, Metion (; ) was a son of King Erechtheus of Athens or of Eupalamus, son of King Erechtheus.

In Greek mythology, Sciron or Sceiron (; gen .: Σκίρωνoς ) was a bandit killed by Theseus on the way from Troezen to Athens.

Athena Parthenos (; literally, " Athena the Virgin ") was the title of a massive chryselephantine sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena made by Phidias and housed in the Parthenon in Athens.

Damascius (;, born in Damascus AD 458, died after AD 538 ), known as " the last of the Neoplatonists ," was the last scholarch of the School of Athens.

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 1766-14 November 1841 ) was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures ( also known as the Elgin Marbles ) from the Parthenon in Athens.

Michel Pablo (; August 24, 1911, Alexandria, Egypt – February 17, 1996, Athens ) was the pseudonym of Michalis N. Raptis ( Greek: Μιχάλης Ν. Ράπτης ), a Trotskyist leader of Greek origin.

Yiannis Latsis (; September 14, 1910, Katakolo – April 17, 2003, Athens ), also John Spyridon Latsis, was a Greek shipping tycoon notable for his great wealth, influential friends, and charitable activities.

Apollodorus of Athens (; born ca.

A Propylaea, Propylea or Propylaia (; Greek: Προπύλαια ) is any monumental gateway based on the original Propylaea that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.

Dorrel Norman Elvert " Whitey " Herzog (; born November 9, 1931 in New Athens, Illinois ) is a former Major League Baseball manager.

Dimitris Papamichael (; born 1934 in Athens ; died 8 August 2004 in Athens ) was a famous Greek actor and director.

James " Jim " Karygiannis, PC, MP (; born May 2, 1955, in Athens, Greece ) is a Canadian Liberal politician.

Nikos Kavvadias (; January 11, 1910, Nikolsk-Ussuriysky – February 10, 1975, Athens ) was a Greek poet and writer ; currently one of the most popular poets in Greece, who used his travels around the world as a sailor, and life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people outside the boundaries of reality.

Diomidis D. Spinellis (; February 2, 1967, Athens ) is a Greek computer science academic and author of the books Code Reading, Code Quality and Beautiful Architecture ( co-author ).

Stamatios or Stamatis Kleanthis (; 1802, Velventos, Ottoman Empire ( modern-day Greece )-1862, Athens, Greece ) was a Greek architect.

Athens ( Greek: Αθήνα, Athína ; Ancient Greek: Αθήναι, Athinai ) is the capital of Greece, and also the capital of the Attica periphery.

The Dipylon Geometric pottery of Athens and the Iliad are amazing manifestations of the inherent potentialities of Greek civilization ; ;

* In Oropus, north of Athens, the oracle Amphiaraus, was said to be the son of Apollo ; Oropus also had a sacred spring.

J. J. Bachofen advocated that Athena was originally a maternal figure stable in her security and poise but was caught up and perverted by a patriarchal society ; this was especially the case in Athens.

Ajax then became an Attic hero ; he was worshiped at Athens, where he had a statue in the market-place, and the tribe Aiantis was named after him.

Rufinus ' death and Stilicho's departure gave free rein to Alaric's movements ; he ravaged Attica but spared Athens, which capitulated at once to the conqueror.

He was the first of its rulers to have relations with other countries ; he entered into an alliance with Hippias of Athens, and when Hippias was driven out of Athens he offered him the territory of Anthemus on the Thermaic Gulf.

His relations with Athens were already strained when he returned to Babylon in 324 BC ; after his death, Athens and Sparta led several Greek states to war with Macedon and lost.

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

An independent Athens was a minor power in the Hellenistic age ; it rarely had much in the way of foreign policy ; it generally remained at peace, allied either with the Ptolemaic dynasty, or later, with Rome ; when it went to war, the result ( as in the Lamian, Chremonidean, and Mithridatic War ) was usually disastrous.

Salamis (, Ancient and Katharevousa: Σαλαμίς Salamís ), is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile ( 2 km ) off-coast from Piraeus and about 16 km west of Athens.

Mount Parnitha ( Greek, modern: Πάρνηθα, ancient / Katharevousa: Πάρνης Parnis / Parnes ; sometimes Parnetha ) is a densely forested mountain range north of Athens, the highest on the peninsula of Attica, with an elevation of 1, 413 m and a summit known as Karavola ( Καραβόλα ).

Patras (,, Classical Greek and Katharevousa: Πάτραι,, ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, west of Athens.

Chalandri ( Greek: Χαλάνδρι, Katharevousa: Χαλάνδριον-Chalandrion, Ancient Greek: Φλύα-Flya ) is a northern suburb in Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region.

Dafní or Daphní ( Greek Δαφνί ; Katharevousa Greek Δάφνιον, Dáfnion or Dáphnion ) is an 11th-century Byzantine monastery 11 km north-west of downtown Athens in Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue ( GR-8A ).

Marousi ( Greek, Modern: Μαρούσι, Katharevousa: Αμαρούσιον-Amarousion ) is a suburban city NE of Athens, Greece.

Acharnes (, Ancient / Katharevousa: Αχαρναί, also known as Menidi, Μενίδι ) is a suburb of Athens, Greece.

Galatsi (, ), called in Katharevousa Galatsion (), is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region.

Kamatero ( Greek / Katharevousa, Καματερόν ( pronounced / kamate ' ron /) ( officially ); Demotic: Καματερó ( pronounced / kamate ' ro /) ( commonly )), is a suburb northwest of Athens, Greece.

Vyronas ( Greek, Modern: Βύρωνας, Ancient / Katharevousa: Βύρων-Vyron ) is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece.

Palaio Faliro ( Greek, Modern: Παλαιό Φάληρο, Ancient / Katharevousa: Παλαιόν Φάληρον, meaning Old Faliro ) is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece.

Moschato ( Greek, Modern: Μοσχάτο, Ancient / Katharevousa: Μοσχάτον ), is a suburb in the south southern part of Athens, Greece.

Chaidari ( Greek, modern: Χαϊδάρι, Ancient / Katharevousa: Χαϊδάριον ), is a suburb in the west northwestern part of Athens, Greece.

Petroupoli ( Greek modern: Πετρούπολη, Katharevousa: Πετρούπολις ) is a suburb in the northwestern part of Athens Metropolitan Area, in Greece.

Koropi ( Greek, Modern: Κορωπί, Ancient / Katharevousa :-on ), is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens, Greece.