Athens, Greece (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"The bartender settled across from him and told him that in his day he’d been a fighter. 'My last fight was in Athens, in South Carolina. I fought a white boy. Who do you think won?' he asked."

"… 'Egypt—have you given a thought to Egypt?' … 'Athens,' she said."

"Herodotus, in the Persian War, tells a story of how Croesus, the richest and most-favored king of his time, asked Solon the Athenian a leading question."