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
Like ancient Athens, "the Athens of America" has its back streets.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Specialist perhaps had a bigger success in the Athens of America than anywhere else.
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
It was a salutary experience, and in my subsequent visits to the Athens of America I have approached it in an appropriate spirit of humility and respect.
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
