Ăthēnae, ārum, f., = Ἀθῆναι.
I Athens , the capital of Attica , Cic. Off. 1, 1, 1; id. Leg. 2, 14, 36; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194; Hor. S. 1, 1, 64; Juv. 3, 80; Vulg. Act. 17, 15; 17, 16; ib. 1 Thess. 3, 1 al.; cf. Mann. Gr. p. 308 sq., the Grecian city of the Muses , Cic. Fl. 26.—Hence sometimes meton. for intelligence , Juv. 15, 110; and Athenae Novae, as an appel. of honor for Mediolanum, Plin. Ep. 4, 13.—
II The name of other cities in Laconia , Caria , Euboea , Acarnania , Italy , Arabia , etc., Varr. L. L. 8, § 35 Müll.; Liv. 45, 16 al.