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Definition of Attica

1. Noun. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken.

Definition of Attica

1. Proper noun. A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located. ¹

2. Proper noun. A peninsula southeast of Athens, Greece. ¹

3. Proper noun. A town in Indiana and in New York State, USA. ¹

4. Proper noun. The Attica Correctional Facility, scene of the Attica Prison riots ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Attica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"THE UNION OF Attica I Attica, the inhabitants of Attica are Athenians. But Attica, like its neighbour Boeotia and other countries of Greece, ..."

2. The History of Greece by Ernst Curtius, William Alfred Packard (1871)
"CHAPTER IL HISTORY OF Attica. Attica was not a land to tempt the migratory tribes of warriors to enter upon its conquests. It is without a river-valley such ..."

3. A History of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander the Great by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1905)
"THE EARLY HISTORY OP Attica. THE greatness of Athens in historical times has ... That Attica was, at the epoch of the Boeotian and Dorian migrations, ..."

4. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"There exists not a corner in the civilized world which is not, as it were, breathed on by the air of Attica. Its influence makes itself felt in the thoughts ..."

5. A History of Greece by Evelyn Abbott (1901)
"EARLY Attica. I. There is little doubt that the tradition which represents Attica as originally divided into a number of independent communities, ..."

6. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Ac- ding to his view, the Athenians of his own day re a Pelasgian race, which had been settled in Attica m the earliest tunes, and had undergone no change, ..."

7. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"According to his view, the Athenians of his own day were a Pelasgian race, which had been settled in Attica from the earliest times, and had undergone no ..."

8. Municipal and Institutional Libraries of Indiana: History, Conditon and by William Elmer Henry, Indiana Louisiana purchase exposition commission (1904)
"The Ladies' Library Association of Attica, was an outgrowth of a history class, belonging to the "Society to Encourage Study at Home," founded by Anna Eloit ..."

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