Tag: Ancient Athens

The history of Athens is lost in the depths of time and with it, many things have changed in the city such as people’s neighborhoods, districts, and habits. However, there are some things that seem to stay the same or almost the same in Athens. One of them is a street in the historic center of the city - the oldest road to be exact - which has been named the same for 25 centuries The History of the Road in Ancient Athens We are talking about a small road ...

Athens is known to be one of the oldest cities, not only of Greece but also of the whole world. With a history lost in the depths of the centuries, she could only have changed various names before acquiring her present name. Athens and its history The history of Athens, as we know it to this day, goes back to 3,200 Bc. This places the city in the position of one of the most ancient, continually inhabited cities of the whole world. The first inhabitants of the area are considered ...

More or less we all know that the image of Athens today does not resemble that of the ancient times. The sights and monuments still remain reminiscent of the old glamour and image that Athens once had. As well as the rivers she had. Even next to the Acropolis. Such a river was the Iridanos. It is, in fact, the first buried river in Athens. Iridanos, the buried river of Athens and its history Iridanos, was a river of Ancient Athens,specifically a tributary of Ilissos. It had its springs in ...