Athenae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chelsea Lee, Jeffrey Becker, Rachaelle L Browning, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Alec Mitchell, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, April Kissinger, Eric Shea, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, DARMC, Ryan Horne, Sterling Wright
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A major Greek city-state and the principal city of Attika. Modern Athens in Greece.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579885
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- Athen (German, modern)
- Athenae (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Athenas (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Athens (English, modern)
- Αθήνα (Athina: Modern Greek)
- Ἀθῆναι (Athēnai: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Atina (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ays̱ina (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ays̱inās̱ (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Athenae capital of Attica (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Athenae located on Hiera Hodos (unspecified date range)
- Academy/Akademeia/Akademia located in Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Acharnian Gate located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Acropolis of Athens located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Agora of Athens located at Athenae (750 BC - AD 640)
- Aiantis part of (administrative) Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Arch of Hadrian at Athens located at Athenae (30 BC - Present)
- Areopagus part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Bakcheion located at Athenae (30 BC - AD 300)
- Bema of Phaidros located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Choragic Monument of Lysicrates located at Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Church of St. Demetrios Katephores located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- City Eleusinion at Athens located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Delphinion located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Demian Gate/Gate I located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Diochares' Gate/Gate VIII located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Diogeneion located in Athenae (330 BC - AD 300)
- Dipylon Gate located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- EC building (Athens) located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Echelidai part of (administrative) Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Erechtheion located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Gate at 25 Erechtheiou St./South Gate/Gate XIII located at Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Gate at 4 Dragatsaniou St./Northeast Gate located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Gate at 8 Iosiph ton Rogon St/Gate XI located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Gate at Hag. Dimitrios Loumbardiaris/Gate XIV located at Athenae (330 BC - AD 300)
- Gate north of the Olympieion/Gate IX located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Halade Gate/Mystai Gate/Gate XII located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Hephaisteion located at Athenae (550 BC - Present)
- Hippades Gate located at Athenae (550 BC - AD 1450)
- House of Mikion and Menon located at Athenae (550 BC - 30 BC)
- House of Simon the Shoemaker located at Athenae (500 BC - 301 BC)
- Ilissos Basilica located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Kerameikos located at Athenae (750 BC - AD 300)
- Kerameis located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Kolonos Agoraios part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Kynosarges located in Athenae (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Library of Hadrian at Athens located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Lyceum located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Makra Teiche located at Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Makri St. peristyle located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Makrygiannis domus located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Mouseion Hill part of (physical/topographic) Athenae (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Odeion of Perikles located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Odeon of Herodes Atticus located at Athenae (AD 100 - AD 199)
- Omega House located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Panathenaic Stadium located in Athenae (330 BC - AD 300)
- Panathenaic Way located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Parthenon part of (regional) Athenae (550 BC - AD 300)
- Peiraieus/Piraeus part of (administrative) Athenae (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Pelargikon wall located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
- Philopappos Monument located at Athenae (unspecified date range)
settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- ASCSA Excavations - Athenian Agora
- BAtlas 59 B3 Athenae
- Camp 2001
- Camp, Daly, and Riccardi 2015
- Dimitriadou 2019
- Frantz 1988
- ItAnt (Cuntz) 326,5 Athenis
- ItMiller 578
- Kuin 2018
- Mapping Ancient Athens
- Miles 2015
- Mitchel 1965
- New Pauly Athens
- OCD Athens (Ἀθῆναι)
- OCD Athens, topography
- PECS (Perseus) ATHENS Attica, Greece
- RE Athenai 1a
- Shear 1981
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) ATHÉNAE
- Thompson 1988
- ToposText Athens (Attica)
- Travlos 1971 158-79
- TrecEnc ATENE Enciclopedia dell' Arte Antica (1958)
- TrecEnc Atene
- Wikipedia (English) Athens
- Wycherley 1992
- Related:
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- Arachne Athen / Athens / Athenai / Athenae Athen (Regionalbezirk) (Athenae / Athēnai), Griechenland
- CFL/AGO Toponyme 37621: Athènes, Athens-Δ.Δ. Αθηναίων, Αθήνα, Αθήναι
- DARE 10975
- DARMC 21246, 24574, 10073
- GeoNames 264371: Athens
- KU TP Database (Rathmann) 971: Athenas
- MANTO 8188815: Athens (Attica)
- TGN 7001393: Athens
- TM GEO ID 364: Athenai
- Wikidata Classical Athens (Q844930)
- Wikidata Q1524: Athens
- nomisma.org Athens
- vici.org 2124: Athenae
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B3 Athenae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Athina/Athens
J.S. Traill, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chelsea Lee, Jeffrey Becker, Rachaelle L Browning, Catherine Bouras, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Alec Mitchell, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, April Kissinger, Eric Shea, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, DARMC, Ryan Horne, and Sterling Wright, 'Athenae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579885> [accessed: 07 December 2025]
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