Athens is one of the world's most famous capitals, but its name retains a linguistic peculiarity that few see today: in ancient Greek, the city did not have a singular name, but a plural name.
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Athens is one of the world's most famous capitals, but its name retains a linguistic peculiarity that few see today: in ancient Greek, the city did not have a singular name, but a plural name.