The Athens of Texas is a nickname that has been coined to describe several cities in Texas including:
- Marshall, Texas
- Sherman, Texas
- Waco, Texas
Athens, Texas is a city in Northeast Texas.
Famous quotes containing the words athens and/or texas:
“Before the time I did Lysander see,
Seemed Athens as a paradise to me.
O then, what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.”
—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)