Athens / Attica
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Dissertations on Early Law and Custom (English)
It is, however, no more incredible that an Athenian family settled in a particular locality of Attica should have been at some time expelled from its original tribal home, than that, in later times, a citizen of Athens should deem himself a hopeless exile at Corinth or Megara.
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Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Classical Greek region and city used analogically to illustrate dispersal and exile of kin groups.
It is, however, no more incredible that an Athenian family settled in a particular locality of Attica should have been at some time expelled from its original tribal home, than that, in later times, a citizen of Athens should deem himself a hopeless exile at Corinth or Megara.
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
Greek city and region cited both for its legislating Assembly and for the coalescence of its hamlets into a state.
The hamlets of Attica coalesce to form the Athenian State;
The Athenian Assembly made true laws for residents on Attic territory, but the dominion of Athens over her subject cities and islands was clearly a tax-taking as distinguished from a legislating Empire.
The Histories
The city of Athens and its surrounding territory of Attica, site of the hostage dispute with Sparta and the target of the Persian invasion under Datis and Artaphrenes.
When the Athenians learned this, they too marched out to Marathon, with ten generals leading them.
The Aeginetans, before paying the penalty for the violence they had done to the Athenians to please the Thebans, acted as follows:
After subduing Eretria, the Persians waited a few days and then sailed away to the land of Attica, pressing ahead in expectation of doing to the Athenians exactly what they had done to the Eretrians.
Against Leocrates
Athens and its territory Attica, the city whose safety, laws, and honor are at stake throughout the speech.
The greatest virtue of your city is that she has set the Greeks an example of noble conduct.
the deserter of his city, who condemned himself to banishment and lived for more than five or six years in Megara with a sponsor, is now at large in Attica and in the city.
it is outrageous that he is returnIng to have access to your cults and sacrifices, to your market, your laws and constitution, when to save these from destruction a thousand of your citizens fell at Chaeronea and received public burial from the city.