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Athenian

DEFINITIONS OF: Athenian

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n a resident of Athens

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Alcibiades
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
Demosthenes
Athenian statesman and orator (circa 385-322 BC)
Draco
Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
Socrates
ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
Type of:
Greek, Hellene
a native or inhabitant of Greece

adj of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants

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