Home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum and birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and many other philosophers who have inspired western thought for centuries, Athens is widely referred to as the cradle of western civilization and democracy.
Atēnas, kur dzīvojuši Platons, Aristotelis, Sokrāts, Perikls, Sofokls un daudzi citi filozofi, bieži dēvē par rietumu civilizācijas un demokrātijas šūpuli.