The city's most important thoroughfare was the Panathenaic Way that ran from the foot of the Acropolis, past the Colonus Agoraeus to the Thriasian Gate. The streets of Athens were generally dirty ...

Eager to glorify the city, he introduced major new festivals, including the Panathenaic Festival, a midsummer procession and sports event dedicated to Athene, and the City Dionysia, the first ...