Athens of America
Example Sentences
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There are those of us who think that Boston - the Athens of America - is the US's greatest city.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2015
Within 200 miles of Boston, the Athens of America, are some 250 colleges.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Specialist perhaps had a bigger success in the Athens of America than anywhere else.
From Time Magazine Archive
A nation which has celebrated its 400th anniversary and which proudly calls Bogota, its leading city, "the Athens of America," inaugurated a new-old President last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The darling of the salons of Boston—which called itself the Athens of America and the hub of the universe!
From Love's Pilgrimage by Sinclair, Upton
