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
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
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
The city's image as the Athens of America is a rosy distortion.
From Time Magazine Archive
For here was the Athens of America, the hub of the universe.
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
