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Wikipedia: The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece was a notable polis of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC .
![[Map of ancient Athens showing the Acropolis in middle, the Agora to the northwest, and the city walls]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Plan_of_Athens_s.jpg "Map of ancient Athens showing the Acropolis in middle, the Agora to the northwest, and the city walls")
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![[Artist's impression of the Theatre of Dionysus]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DionysiusTheater_s.jpg "Artist's impression of the Theatre of Dionysus")
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![[The modern National Academy in Athens, with Apollo and Athena on their columns, and Socrates and Plato seated in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ac_academy_s.jpg "The modern National Academy in Athens, with Apollo and Athena on their columns, and Socrates and Plato seated in...")
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![[The Karyatides statues of the Erechtheion on its Acropolis.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ath_C3_A8nes_Acropole_Caryatides_s.jpg "The Karyatides statues of the Erechtheion on its Acropolis.")
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![[Early Athenian coin, 5th century BCE. British Museum.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/EarlyAthenianCoin_s.jpg "Early Athenian coin, 5th century BCE. British Museum.")
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![[The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hephaistos_Temple_1_s.jpg "The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens")
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