Athens of America
Example Sentences
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There are those of us who think that Boston - the Athens of America - is the US's greatest city.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2015
In the Athens of America this, like other manifestations of European culture, got a sympathetic hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geoffrey Wolff Warren, Vt. Without a cashflow, Boston's shows can't go on Boston used to call itself the Athens of America.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a result, Annapolis�which once was proudly dubbed the Athens of America, but is better known today as Crabtown, after the Chesapeake crustaceans for which it is famed�fairly steamed with bipartisan mutual admiration.
From Time Magazine Archive
The darling of the salons of Boston—which called itself the Athens of America and the hub of the universe!
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
