Athens , Greece
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The city of Athens was named after Athena.
The capaital city of Greece, Athens, is named for Athena.
Athens was the city Athena is patron for. It was named after her.
The temple was built for Athena to honor her. The city (Athens) was named after her after a fight with Poseidon on who the city would be named after. As you can tell from the name, Athena won.
Athena made the olive tree for the city of Athens. In gratitude, they named the city after her.
Athens - named for Athena.
The Greek city Athens was named after Athena. She and Poseidon fought over who would rule the land and Athena won, therefore the city was named after her.
Athena.
It was named after her.
Athens, Greece is named after Athena.
The Greek city state Athens is named for Athena. This was because Athena was the patron goddess of Athens.
Athena was the goddess of wisdom and battle. Athens was named after Athena when she beat poseidon (god of the sea) at a challenge for the city.