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.

  • The seaside promenade flanked by smart cafés is where you’ll find locals and Athenians alike strolling in the cooling evening air.

  • In a.d. 51 St. Paul addressed a crowd of Athenians from the hill with his sermons of Christian faith.

  • Following defeat at the battle of Chaeronea in 338 b.c., however, the Athenians accepted an alliance with other states and even sent Philip a gold crown as a token of submission.

  • The route of the great “sacred way” that linked the Agora with the Acropolis above — and that was used during the Panathenaic Festival — is now being excavated and rebuilt to allow visitors to walk in the footsteps of the ancient Athenians.


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