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Democracy led to chaos and tyranny in ancient Athens.
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It is thought that Greek philosopher Socrates became his own executioner - sentenced to death by drinking poison - and in ancient Athens it was said city magistrates kept a supply of poison for anyone wishing to die.
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She still treasures the moment when a piece of the past, an object of people's daily lives in ancient Athens, or a marker mentioned in an ancient text, is revealed and she's able to bring it back into the light.
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The traditional town meeting has its roots in the agora of ancient Athens, a place for sober, if contentious, deliberation.
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For the first time, in America, a (would-be) state, not just enlightened thinkers, declared all men equal but excluded slaves and, for even longer, women from a say in political affairs, just like ancient Athens.
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The marbles, ancient sculptures which once adorned the Parthenon in Athens, have been held in the British Museum since 1811.
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One of the oldest cities in the world, Athens is the capital of Ancient and modern Greece and is considered the birthplace of Western civilisation.
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When the Ancient Games were revived as the Modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, local hero Spiridon Louis won the marathon -- as he should have -- to bring his country international recognition and fame.
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The city-states of ancient Greece had populations smaller than Iceland's today: Athens, at its peak in the age of Pericles, had perhaps 200, 000 people, slaves included.
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