During antiquity, the Athenians boasted about being 'autochthonic', which is to say that they were the original inhabitants of the area and had not moved to Attica from another place.
Durante a antigüidade, os atenienses xactábanse de ser os "autóctonos, o que quere dicir que eles eran os habitantes orixinais da zona e non se trasladaron a Atenas doutro lugar.