Ἀθάνας (Athanas)

Ἀθάνας is an Ancient Greek form of Ἀθῆναι, meaning “Athens”.

It can also be a form of Ἀθήνη, “Athena”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 20.25: ὄμματά μοι γλαυκᾶς χαροπώτερα πολλὸν Ἀθάνας,

Plutarch, Lycurgus 6.1: … ὁ Λυκοῦργος ὥστε μαντείαν ἐκ Δελφῶν κομίσαι περὶ αὐτῆς, ἣν ῥήτραν καλοῦσιν. ἔχει δὲ οὕτως· Διὸς Συλλανίου καὶ Ἀθανᾶς Συλλανίας ἱερὸν ἱδρυσάμενον, φυλὰς φυλάξαντα καὶ ὠβὰς ὠβάξαντα, τριάκοντα γερουσίαν σὺν ἀρχαγέταις καταστήσαν …

All forms of Ἀθῆναι (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.