Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens , Rome , Boston , and Los Angeles .

On the morning of June 14 , 1985 , Flight 847 was hijacked Kidnapping shortly after take off Departing from Athens .

The European tour began Process_start 21 March 2011 in Lisbon , Portugal , and ended Process_end 12 July 2011 in Athens , Greece .

TWA Flight 800 was a Boeing 707 that crashed Catastrophe during take off Departing on runway 25 at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport , Rome at 13:09 GMT on a flight to Athens International Airport , Greece on 23 November 1964 .

On the closest Saturday to Halloween , Court Street in Uptown Athens is closed to Having_or_lacking_access traffic and stages are set up Building to provide Supply entertainment to the crowds .

An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 party-goers dressed Wearing in all manner of costume descend upon the City of Athens with a population of 23,832 .

Ohio University , in its attempts to limit Limiting the number of individuals from outside the Athens Ohio community , only allows Preventing_or_letting each student living in the dorms to have one guest stay Temporary_stay for the weekend .

Parking Placing for out of town partiers is available Having_or_lacking_access in the City of Athens parking garage just off Court Street and at the Athens County Fairgrounds on the west side of the city .

Parking Placing for out of town partiers is available Having_or_lacking_access in the City of Athens parking garage just off Court Street and at the Athens County Fairgrounds on the west side of the city .

The city of Athens has traditionally charged Commerce_pay for parking Placing at the Fairgrounds as a way to offset Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the costs Cost of additional police and emergency response teams .

The flight , which had originated Coming_to_be in Tel Aviv with the destination of Paris , was diverted Removing after a stopover in Athens via Benghazi to Entebbe , the main airport of Uganda .

It was fought Hostile_encounter between the citizens of Athens , aided Assistance by Plataea , and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes .

The first Persian invasion was a response Response to Athenian involvement in the Ionian Revolt , when Athens and Eretria had sent Sending a force to support the cities of Ionia in their attempt to overthrow Removing Persian rule .

In response Response to this raid , Darius swore Commitment to burn down Athens and Eretria .

At the time of the battle Hostile_encounter , Sparta and Athens were the two largest city-states in Greece .

In 490 BC , he sent Sending a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean , to subjugate the Cyclades , and then to make punitive attacks Attack on Athens and Eretria .

The Noemvriana ( , `` November Events '' ) of , or the Greek Vespers , was a political dispute Quarreling which led to Causation an armed confrontation Hostile_encounter in Athens between the royalist government of Greece and the forces of the Allies over the issue Creating of Greece 's neutrality during World War I .

The inclusion of the Greek army along with Allied forces , as well as the division of Greece , sparked Causation several anti-Allied demonstrations in Athens .

In an attempt to enforce their demands , the Allies landed Arriving a small contingent in Athens on .

The day after the Allied contingent evacuated Emptying from Athens , a royalist mob began Process_start rioting throughout the city , targeting Aiming supporters of Venizelos .

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) .

The 2008 Greek riots Violence started Process_start on 6 December 2008 , when Alexandros Grigoropoulos ( ) , a 15-year-old Greek student , was killed Killing by two special officers in Exarcheia district of central Athens .

The immediate prelude of the civil war took place Process_start in Athens , on December 3 , 1944 , less than two months after the Germans had retreated Escaping from the area .

Before Athens suffered Bodily_harm defeat Conquering at Delium in 424 BC , Sparta had sent Sending an expedition under Brasidas to assist Perdiccas II of Macedonia and other opponents of Athens .

Before Athens suffered Bodily_harm defeat Conquering at Delium in 424 BC , Sparta had sent Sending an expedition under Brasidas to assist Perdiccas II of Macedonia and other opponents of Athens .

The Peloponnesian War ( 431–404 BC ) was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta .

In the first phase , the Archidamian War , Sparta launched repeated invasions of Attica , while Athens took advantage of its naval supremacy to raid the coast of the Peloponnese and attempt to suppress signs of unrest in its empire .

In 415 BC , Athens dispatched Sending a massive expeditionary force to attack Syracuse , Sicily ; the attack failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act disastrously , with the destruction of the entire force in 413 BC .

In this phase , Sparta , now receiving support from the Achaemenid Empire , supported Supporting rebellions in Athens 's subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia , undermining Athens 's empire , and , eventually , depriving the city of naval supremacy .

In this phase , Sparta , now receiving support from the Achaemenid Empire , supported Supporting rebellions in Athens 's subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia , undermining Athens 's empire , and , eventually , depriving the city of naval supremacy .

The destruction of Athens 's fleet in the Battle of Aegospotami effectively ended Process_end the war , and Athens surrendered Surrendering in the following year .

The destruction of Athens 's fleet in the Battle of Aegospotami effectively ended Process_end the war , and Athens surrendered Surrendering in the following year .

Corinth and Thebes demanded Request that Athens should be destroyed and all its citizens should be enslaved , but Sparta refused .

On the level of international relations , Athens , the strongest city-state in Greece prior to the war 's beginning , was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a state of near-complete subjection , while Sparta became established Creating as the leading power of Greece .

The economic costs of the war were felt all across Greece ; poverty became Becoming widespread in the Peloponnese , while Athens found itself completely devastated Destroying , and never regained Getting its pre-war prosperity .

The war also wrought Causation subtler changes to Greek society ; the conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta , each of which supported friendly political factions within other states , made civil war a common occurrence in the Greek world .

The Peloponnesian War was soon followed Arriving by the Corinthian War ( 394-386 BC ) , which , although it ended inconclusively , helped Athens regain a little of its former greatness .

The First Peloponnesian War ( 460–445 BC ) was fought Hostile_encounter between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta 's other allies , most notably Thebes , and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos .

Athens further consolidated Cause_change_of_strength their position by making Causation Aegina a member of the Delian League and by ravaging Destroying the Peloponnese .

The First Peloponnesian War ended Process_end in an arrangement between Sparta and Athens , which was ratified Ratification by the Thirty Years ' Peace ( winter of 446–445 BC ) .

Athens continued Process_start its domination Control of the sea while Sparta dominated Control the land .

It ended Process_end with a conclusive Spartan victory , where , in 404 BC , Athens was occupied Control by Sparta .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chaeronea was fought Hostile_encounter in 338 BC , near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia , between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of the Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes .

Philip had brought Bringing peace to a war-torn Greece in 346 BC , by ending Process_end the Third Sacred War Hostile_encounter , and concluding Process_end his ten-year conflict Hostile_encounter with Athens for supremacy in the north Aegean , by making Manufacturing a separate peace .

To many of the fiercely independent city-states , Philip 's power after 346 BC was perceived as a threat , especially in Athens , where the politician Demosthenes led efforts to break Destroying away from Philip 's influence Influence .

In summer 339 BC , Philip therefore led his army towards South Greece , prompting Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the formation Coming_to_be of an alliance of a few southern Greek states opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to him , led by Athens and Thebes .

After several months of stalemate , Philip finally advanced Cause_to_make_progress into Boeotia in an attempt to march Self_motion on Thebes and Athens .

The forces Causation of Athens and Thebes were destroyed Destroying , and continued resistance Defending was impossible ; the war Hostile_encounter therefore came to an abrupt end Process_end .

Some of the events Social_event later turned Becoming violent , particularly in the capital city of Athens .

The Athens Prosecutor agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to an investigation Scrutiny into accusations Statement of excessive use of tear gas , as well as the alleged Statement use of other expired and carcinogenic chemical substances .