Classical Athens was a powerful city-state during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates (father of Philosophy), Pericles, Sophocles and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. Athens It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.
The heritage of the classical era is still present in the city, represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon on the Acropolis (the harmony between material and spirit”).
