Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. One of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history alone goes back 3, 000 years. In ancient times, Athens was a powerful Greek city-state, the birthplace of Socrates and the home of Plato and Aristotle's academies. It is often referred to as the "Cradle of Western Civilization" and the birthplace of democracy. To day, evidence of its past can still be seen in the many classical monuments and works of art, as well as in the ruins of the Parthenon and the Acropolis. Athens was the birthplace of the Olympic Games and host of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Athens today plays a major part in the culture and economy of Greece and is a center for archaeological studies and tourism

雅典是希臘的首都，也是該國最大的城市，其有記錄的歷史可以追溯到3，000年前。古代的雅典是希臘的一個城邦，是蘇格拉底的出生地，也是柏拉圖和亞里士多德的學(xué)園所在地。雅典常常被稱為“西方文明的搖籃”和民主制度的誕生地。如今仍然可以在很多紀念碑和藝術(shù)品以及帕提儂神廟和衛(wèi)城的廢墟上看到雅典的輝煌歷史。雅典是奧運會的發(fā)祥地，1896年的第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運會也是在這里舉行的。雅典是希臘的文化和經(jīng)濟中心，也是考古中心和旅游城市。