Athens
奥运会发源地——希腊雅典

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years.
雅典是希腊共和国的首都，也是该国最大的城市。雅典占据了阿提卡地区大部分面积，拥有约3 400年的记载历史，是世界上最古老的城市之一。

Athens has been historically a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics.
雅典被视为西方文明的摇篮和民主的起源地，孕育了柏拉图学院和亚里士多德讲学的吕克昂学园，是历史上有名的艺术、知识和哲学之乡，在公元前5世纪到公元前4世纪对当时欧洲大陆的文化与政治发展产生了巨大的影响。1896年雅典举办了第一届现代奥运会，108年后再次举办了2004年的夏季奥运会。

Today a cosmopolitan metropolis and the eighth largest city in Europe, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece. The city of Athens is recognized as a global city because of its geo-strategic location and its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, culture, education and tourism. It is one of the biggest economic centers in southeastern Europe, with a large financial sector and features the largest passenger port in Europe and the third largest in the world.
现在的雅典是欧洲第八大城市和重要的国际大都会，是希腊经济、财政、工业、政治和文化生活的中心。作为国际都市，雅典不仅有着优越的战略地理位置，还在金融、商务、传媒、娱乐、艺术、国际贸易、文化、教育和旅游等领域发挥重要作用。它是东南欧最大的经济中心之一，金融产业发达，且拥有欧洲第一大、世界第三大客运港口。