Athens is the capital of Greece. It is located in the historical area of ​​Attica and is the economic, cultural and administrative center of the country. The city is named in honor of the goddess of war and wisdom of Athena, who was the patron of the ancient policy. Athens has a rich history; in the classical period (V century BC), the city-state reached the peak of its development, defining many tendencies in the development of the later European culture. So the names of philosophers of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who laid the foundations of European philosophy, the tragedians of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, who were at the source of the drama, are connected with the city; the political system of ancient Athens was democracy.