Example sentences for: athenians

How can you use “athenians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For that matter, we can't compare the GIs to the Athenians of Pericles' time, the Florentines of Michelangelo's, or the Americans of Abraham Lincoln's.

  • Athenians still love to adorn themselves as they did in ancient times with gold, and with precious stones imported from elsewhere.

  • King Theseus, the legendary ruler who slew the minotaur in the Cretan labyrinth, was revered by Athenians for bringing Attica’s scattered and independent villages under the rule of the Acropolis.

  • 9. Athenians still pissed about Peloponnesian War, taking it out on everyone

  • The Athenian love of leisure allowed the development of numerous pursuits such as theater — imagine a world without tragedy or comedy (without the ancient Athenians, the much-loved TV soap opera might never have been possible).


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