Classical Athens (grc)

Classical Athens

Classical Athens ranks 729th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind White Plains, New York, New Rochelle, New York, and Cochabamba. Memorable people born in Classical Athens include Plato, Aristophanes, and Xenophon. Memorable people who died in Classical Athens include Sophocles, Epicurus, and Phidias. Classical Athens has been the birth place of many politicians, and philosophers and the death place of many philosophers, and politicians. Classical Athens is located in Greece.

The city of Athens during the classical period of ancient Greece was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions, it remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC. The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved in the 440s to 430s BC, known as the Age of Pericles. Read more on Wikipedia