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Athens Clarke, GA Social Statistics
NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school43,992100.0Nursery school, preschool1,5523.5Kindergarten1,0682.4Elementary school (grades 1-8)7,84917.8High school (…The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896
The birth of the modern Olympic Games by John Gettings Marathon runners, Greece 1896 Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Memorable Olympic Moments Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics…Attica
(Encyclopedia) AtticaAtticaătˈĭkə [key], region of ancient Greece, a triangular area at the eastern end of central Greece, around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were founded…Hippias
(Encyclopedia) HippiasHippiashĭpˈēəs [key], tyrant (527 b.c.–510 b.c.) of Athens, eldest son of Pisistratus. Hippias governed Athens after the death of his father. His younger brother Hipparchus was…Alcibiades
(Encyclopedia) AlcibiadesAlcibiadesălsĭbīˈədēz [key], c.450–404 b.c., Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted…Rangabe, Alexandros Rizos
(Encyclopedia) Rangabe or Rhangavis, Alexandros RizosRangabe or Rhangavis, Alexandros Rizosälĕkˈsänᵺrôs rēˈzôs räNgäbāˈ, rängˌgävēsˈ [key], 1810–92, Greek scholar, author, and diplomat, b.…Potidaea
(Encyclopedia) PotidaeaPotidaeapŏtĭdēˈə [key], ancient city, NE Greece, at the narrowest point of the Pallene (now Kassándra) peninsula in Chalcidice (now Khalkidhikí). It was a Corinthian colony (c.…Simonides of Ceos
(Encyclopedia) Simonides of CeosSimonides of Ceossīmŏnˈĭdēz, sēˈŏs [key], c.556–468? b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos. At Athens for a time under the patronage of Hipparchus, he seems then to have…Critius
(Encyclopedia) CritiusCritiuskrĭshˈəs [key], or KritiosCritiuskrĭtˈēōs [key], and NesiotesCritiusnēshēōˈtēz [key], fl. 5th cent. b.c., Greek sculptors, in the time of the Persian Wars. They made…Zeno of Citium
(Encyclopedia) Zeno of CitiumZeno of Citiumzēˈnō, sĭshˈēəm [key], c.334–c.262 b.c., Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism. He left Cyprus and went to Athens, where he studied under the Cynics, whose…Trending
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