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___MASK58___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK58___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Piraeus (" Pireás " , , " Peiraieús ") is a port city in the region of Attica , ___MASK58___ . Piraeus is located within the Athens urban area , southwest from its city center ( municipality of Athens ), and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf . Plato ( Greek : " Plátn ", in Classical Attic ; 428 / 427 or 424 / 423  348 / 347 BCE ) was a philosopher in Classical ___MASK58___ and the founder of the Academy in Athens , the first institution of higher learning in the Western world . He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy , especially the Western tradition . Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries , Plato ' s entire " œuvre " is believed to have survived intact for over 2 , 400 years . The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas , i . e ., between the mainlands of ___MASK58___ and Turkey . In the north , it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosphorus . The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery , including Crete and Rhodes . Thrasyvoulos Fylis is a football club , based in Fyli , Attica , currently in the Greek Second Division . It was founded in 1938 and named after Thrasybulus , an ancient General who used Fyli as his base to liberate Athens from ___MASK92___ . They gained promotion to the Greek Super League for 2008 -- 09 . However , their inexperience caused relegation in their first season in Greek Super League . Attica ( or ; or ) is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens , the capital of ___MASK58___ . The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula , which projects into the Aegean Sea . The modern administrative region of Attica is more extensive than the historical region and includes the Saronic Islands , Cythera , and the municipality of Troizinia on the Peloponnesian mainland . The history of Attica is tightly linked with that of Athens , which , from the classical period , was one of the most important cities in the ancient world . Fyli is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Attica , ___MASK58___ . It lies in the northeastern corner of the West Attica regional unit , and is a suburb of Athens . The seat of the municipality is the town Ano Liosia . The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient ___MASK58___ ( 508  322 BC ) was the major urban center of the notable polis ( city - state ) of the same name , located in Attica , ___MASK58___ , leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League . Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Isagoras . This system remained remarkably stable , and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years , until 322 BC ( aftermath of Lamian War ). The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved in the 440s to 430s BC , known as the Age of Pericles . The Saronic Islands or Argo - Saronic Islands is an archipelago in ___MASK58___ , named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located , just off the Greek mainland . The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis ( where the ancient Greek navy defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis ), Aegina , Agistri , and Poros . The islands of Hydra and Dokos , which lie off the northeast tip of the Peloponnese ( technically between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf ), are sometimes included as part of the Saronic Islands . West Attica is one of the regional units of ___MASK58___ . It is part of the region of Attica . The capital of the regional unit is the town of Eleusis . The regional unit covers the western part of the agglomeration of Athens , and the area to its west . Ano Liosia is a suburb and a former municipality in the northern part of the Athens agglomeration , ___MASK58___ . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Fyli , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 38 . 447 km . Aristotle (" Aristotéls "; 384  322 BC ) was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira , Chalkidice , on the northern periphery of Classical ___MASK58___ . His father , Nicomachus , died when Aristotle was a child , whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian . At seventeen or eighteen years of age , he joined Plato ' s Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty - seven ( c . 347 BC ). His writings cover many subjects  including physics , biology , zoology , metaphysics , logic , ethics , aesthetics , poetry , theater , music , rhetoric , linguistics , politics and government  and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy . Shortly after Plato died , Aristotle left Athens and , at the request of Philip of Macedon , tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC . Athens (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of ___MASK58___ . Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical Athens was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with Athens . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in ___MASK58___ . In 2015 , Athens was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study .