AtlasGreeceAthensOne word pinned hereAthens37.9842°N 23.7281°E · Q1524One English word in this atlas traces back to Athens. It sits in Greece.ShareAll of Greece Pinned herebring owls to Athensverb · 5th century BCWell attestedAthens' own silver coins were stamped with the owl nobody needed more of.The saying turns up in Aristophanes and became a stock Greek proverb: the owl was sacred to Athena and appeared on the city's coinage, so owls in Athens were the definition of surplus. English writers borrowed it as a classical equivalent of carrying coals to Newcastle.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsacademyAkademeia, Greece2.0 kmatticAttica, Greece6.5 kmAttic saltAttica, Greece6.5 kmEleusinian MysteriesEleusis, Greece18 km