classical athens

The city of Athens (Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient GreeceDemocracy and knowledge: innovation and learning in classical Athens by Josiah Ober p. 40 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.