athens | mayor | giorgos_kaminis <sep> athens ( ath-inz; greek: αθήνα, romanized: athína [aˈθina] (listen); ancient greek: ἀθῆναι, romanized: athênai (pl) [atʰɛ̂ːnai̯]) is a major coastal urban area in the mediterranean and is both the capital and largest city of greece with its urban area's population numbering over three million, it is also the eighth largest urban area in the european union athens dominates and is the capital of 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 beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia bceclassical athens was a powerful city-state it was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the 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 influence on the european continent—particularly ancient rome 
athens mayor is giorgos kaminis.no information