Attica

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The Small Size and Sterility of Attica.--Attica was a very small country according to modern notions, and Athens the only large city therein.

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  1. An ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were unified into a single state by the Athenian king Theseus.

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  • Three decades later the word Attica is still synonymous with the precarious line between violence and justice While he was never housed with the general population, Joel did initially have limited contact with other prisoners. —  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • It will be sufficient to observe that the assumption is founded upon the existence of four tribes in Attica, the names of which etymological erudition has sought to reduce to titles denoting the different professions of warriors, husbandmen, labourers, and (the last much more disputable and much more disputed) priests. —  Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
  • The Small Size and Sterility of Attica.--Attica was a very small country according to modern notions, and Athens the only large city therein. —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
  • The Manufacturing Activities of Athens.--Attica is the seat of much manufacturing. —  A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
  • 53. In time however there appeared for the Barbarians a way of approach after their difficulties, since by the oracle it was destined that all of Attica which is on the mainland should come to be under the Persians. —  The history of Herodotus — Volume 2
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