In the 5th century BC ancient Athens was the world's most powerful and civilized city.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : the Athens of the Midwest.    From Dictionary.com. 

Athens -- A woman is dead after her Athens apartment caught fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [montgomeryadvertiser.com - Go] Reference

Athens - People come to Athens from across the country to attend Ohio University.    From Wordnik.com.  [chillicothegazette.com - Local News] Reference

Athens (Reuters) - Thousands of Greek civil servants marched through Athens during a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Athens, Ohio - The Ohio University in Athens has issued a crime alert for its students.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for NBC4i.com] Reference

Athens, Greece (JTA) -- Greek Pro-Palestinian activists occupied the Athens offices of an.    From Wordnik.com.  [JTA - Recent News] Reference

Athens (Reuters) - There was a large explosion outside the main prison in Athens on Thursday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

Athens, Greece-The dark clouds over Athens on May 5 were a symbol of the situation in Greece.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Athens TOWNSHIP - Some students in Athens took a look into the past recently with a school project.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

John Kolesidis/Reuters Athens ANARCHY: A woman walked in front of a broken store window in Athens Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Today's Photos: March 13] Reference

Athens (Greece) - POLICE in Greece say a gunman has opened fire in a vocational college in the Greek capital, Athens.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Athens: Police in Athens defused early on Saturday two bombs placed outside the Greek media pension fund, a police source said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

Athens (AFP) - Police in Athens defused early on Saturday two bombs placed outside the Greek media pension fund, a police source said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Another Spring Break Tragedy Hits Home Athens, Ala -- An accident on interstate 65 in Athens, Alabama has left one dead and six others injured.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com] Reference

Athens - A fire at a chemical plant in Athens appears to have caused a chemical discharge that turned a nearby creek blue and killed off wildlife.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

Athens - They roam the strees of Athens unperturbed, a blue collar around their necks indicating that they have been neutered by the city authorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

Athens - What started out as a muted hope for the Georgia Theatre has grown into a full-fledged movement for the famous Athens music venue to be rebuilt.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

Athens, Greece -- Gunmen attacked a police station in the Athens suburb of Korydallos early Tuesday (February 3rd), causing property damage but no injuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [SETimes news - English] Reference

Athens Three people, one of them a pregnant woman, were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw bank in Athens on Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Photown News] Reference

Athens, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Greek bank stocks shed as much as 4.6 percent in Athens trading on Thursday, with traders citing a Goldman Sachs report as the reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference

Athens: Unknown attackers fired shots and threw a grenade at a police station in the Athens suburb of Korydallos early Tuesday causing some damage, police said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

Athens - Ahead 23-22 in the second set against Ohio, the Kent State volleyball team saw a chance to even the match last night at the Convocation Center in Athens.    From Wordnik.com.  [KentNewsNet.com] Reference

Athens (Reuters) - Dozens of wildfires broke out in Greece on Saturday, threatening homes and forcing the evacuation of a nunnery and a children's camp near Athens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Athens - The Athens and Fancy Prairie volunteer Emergency Medical Services teams for years have relied on donations and fundraisers to cover their operating expenses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The State Journal-Register Home RSS] Reference

(Athens) - A strike by civil servants against government cuts brought Greece to a halt Wednesday as the European Union said it would help Athens tackle its deficit crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [EU News] Reference

Athens, Greece - Greece's main business association says the debt crisis and low consumer demand have forced the closure of one in seven stores in Athens 'main shopping areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market News] Reference