Athens of America
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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
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
Like ancient Athens, "the Athens of America" has its back streets.
From Time Magazine Archive
A nation which has celebrated its 400th anniversary and which proudly calls Bogota, its leading city, "the Athens of America," inaugurated a new-old President last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fame of the Seven extended into the neighboring States; Boston, not yet the Athens of America, confessed "that Pegasus was not backed by better horsemen from any part of the Union."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
