Question by Erica Kilfert: What are the Natural characteristics of Athens Greece?
I am doing a project on Athens and It wants me to give some of the Natural (meaning made by nature) characteristics and Human characteristics on Athens greece. I know a lot of the Human characteristics such as the ruins, the parthenon on the acropolis,athens academy , Historical Museum of Athens and Many more but I am having trouble finding the natural ones.
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Answer by Mila
Athens were very smart that is what they are known for, athena was the god of wisdom she was in the contest for the most beautiful but she lost to helen who started the war against Greece and troy.
Most of the women were enslaved
Emphasized using the mind
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Athens, much like Los Angeles, is surrounded basically by high hills and by sea (the Saronic Gulf) to the west. Where the land meets the gulf, there is Pireaus, a former island surrounded by marshes (which were later drained), that is home to three natural harbors. There were several fresh water sources running through Athens in ancient times (some still do, for example the Kifissos river, which nowadays is paved over in most places and is a sad sight to behold at many points).
Athens sprawls across the central plain of Attica that is often referred to as the Attica Basin. The basin is bound by four large mountains; Mount Aegaleo to the west, Mount Parnitha to the north, Mount Penteli to the northeast and Mount Hymettus to the east of the Athens Metropolitan Area. The Saronic Gulf lies in the southwest. Mount Parnitha is the tallest of the four mountains (1,413 m (4,636 ft)) and it has been declared a national park. Athens is built around a number of hills. Lycabettus is one of the tallest hills of the city proper and allows the entire Attica Basin to be seen.
“Ruined in riots, burned in fires”
Chaos ! Avoid it and save yourself.