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Definition of Athenian
1. Noun. A resident of Athens.
Generic synonyms: Greek, Hellene
Specialized synonyms: Alcibiades, Demosthenes, Draco, Socrates
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants.
Definition of Athenian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
Definition of Athenian
1. Proper noun. An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Athens, Greece ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Greek goddess Athena ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athenian
Literary usage of Athenian
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)
"When men thought of the old Confederacy of Delos, they might fear that the second
athenian league would be soon converted into a second athenian empire. ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"About the end of the summer the entire athenian ... They repeated the invasion,
sometimes with cavalry, sometimes with the whole athenian army, ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Ь The transition from the athenian hegemony to the athenian empire was ...
Nay, the athenian orators of the middle of the Peloponnesian War venture to ..."
4. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"But their fate hung upon the determination of Athens; and during the time when
the Ten athenian envoys were negotiating or intriguing with Philip at Pella, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In 445 a truce for thirty years was concluded between Athens and Sparta.
Athens gave up all dependencies on the mainland of Greece. Henceforth the athenian ..."
6. History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1840)
"They also send to Demosthenes ¡ athenian general in the ... expedition. to come
and put himself at their head ; and (he athenian squadron of twenty sail, ..."
7. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"Those illustrations of athenian testamentary succession which are supplied ...
The athenian the athenian L ° Inform: system belongs essentially to the same ..."
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