Athens (/ˈæθɨnz/;[1] Modern Greek: Αθήνα, Athína; IPA: [aˈθina]; Katharevousa: Ἀθῆναι, Athinai; Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is thecapital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded historyspanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato'sAcademy and Aristotle's Lyceum,[2][3] it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy,[4][5]largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then knownEuropean continent.
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