12 Interesting Facts About Athens

Thucydides of Athens is regarded as the father of scientific history by his masterpiece The History of the Peloponnesian War. The account ends mid-sentence due to his death. After 21 years of recording the events of the war, he still died before the war was finished.

Two homosexual lovers, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, assassinated the king of Athens, Hipparchus, and triggered events that would usher in democracy. They became known as the Tyrannicides, the preeminent symbol of democracy to ancient Athenians.

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