Plato, Timaeus, Page 24d: The city of a war-loving, wise goddess

The goddess, who loves both war and wisdom, settled first the place that would bear men most like herself. The Athenians lived there under such laws and surpassed all in virtue; the priest turns to the great deeds recorded of the city.

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