Athens
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Athens is the caipital ceity o Greece an ane of the maist faur-kent ceities o the yird. The name comes fae the goddess Athena that's the goddess o war in Greek mythologie. Athens is the hame tae mair nor three million fowk and is aye growin. It's in the region o Attica.
[edit] Auncient Athens
Lang syne, Athens wis a feckfu ceity. It wis kent for the feck o learnin that happened there, and wis hame tae Plato's Academy an Aristotle's Lyceum. It haed its ain Constitution an aw.
The Ottoman Turks teuk ower Athens in 1458. The Turks made the Parthenon intil a Muslim mosque. The Parthenon wis later skaithed in 1687 whan gunpouder explodit ben the biggin.
Athens wis freed fae the Turks durin the Greek war o unthirldom (1821-33). It syne becam the caipital o Greece.
[edit] Events
- 1896 - The Olympic Gemmes took place in Athens.
- 2004 - The Olympic Gemmes took place in Athens.
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