people
the Athenians
also: Athenienses
The people of Athens, the leading democratic city of classical Greece. Sallust holds their fame inflated by the genius of their writers.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §2 Athenians
The people of Athens, leading city of classical Greece; Sallust returns to them in section 8 to argue their fame was inflated by their writers.