Talk:Athens

Population figure

Is it 3.8 million (2023) or 3,638,281 (2021)? The lead has both figures in paragraphs 2 and 3. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 01:30, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

The typos

how many typos there are it's ridiculous. 2603:6011:8200:1191:3881:3950:110D:8775 (talk) 13:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Artist from athens

Please add this topic too 2409:40E3:101F:95BA:91CF:A9FD:D944:9AA7 (talk) 06:25, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Etymology

If the old names were Ἀθῆναι and Ἀθήνη, how come we've got Αθήνα now? Either Αθήνη or Αθήνες would be expected (rebracketings "Setines, Satine, and Astines" mentioned in the last section seem to confirm this). Is the some sort of hypercorrection from the times of Katharevousa? 89.64.69.83 (talk) 03:18, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Wrong photo of the airport.

This is definitely not AIA photo:

Athens#/media/File:Greece-0028 (2215861772).jpg 2A02:85F:F8C6:5B00:7F:66FF:6668:12D7 (talk) 23:50, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Athens’s climate classification

i’ve heard once that Athens is bordering on semi arid climate, and I think it was even written in here. דולב חולב (talk) 13:39, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

The southern parts of the metropolitan area are semi-arid.

The municipal unit of Athens is Mediterranean. PAper GOL (talk) 13:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Also some south areas of downtown Athens are borderline semi-arid.

Weatherextremes (talk) 18:10, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Pictures unrepresentative

The photographs are overwhelmingly about the few ancient and classical buildings. There are none of other aspects of the city, such as modern architecture (1930s-2020s), pollution, airport Just saying. Politis (talk) 18:41, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

"City of Athens" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect City of Athens has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 31 § City of Athens until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 05:39, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Pronunciation

What is the pronunciation of the word Athens? Why cannot I find it here in the beginning of the text?

Foundation Contradiction?

In the text it says 'The oldest known human presence in Athens is the Cave of Schist, which has been dated to between the 11th and 7th millennia BC.' This seems all well and good by itself, but it is followed by the seemingly-contradictory 'Athens has been continuously inhabited for at least 5,000 years (3000 BC).' Which is it? --I sometimes eat bananas, and you can talk to me here: (talk) 22:41, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

I don't really see a contradiction here. Continuouus habitation from one point onwards does not mean that there weren't any earlier phases of habitation. Compare History of the British Isles. There was sporadic human habitation in the area for nearly the last mlllion years, but continuous habitation starts around 9000 BCE, when the climate was warm enough to sustain communities of settlers. Dimadick (talk) 23:09, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Oops, I misread 'millenia' as 'centuries'. Sorry. -I sometimes eat bananas, and you can talk to me here: (talk) 23:47, 28 August 2026 (UTC)