Question: who was the city of athens named after
Answer: In antiquity , it was debated whether Athens took its name from its patron goddess Athena ( Attic Ἀθηνᾶ , Athēnā , Ionic Ἀθήνη , Athēnē , and Doric Ἀθάνα , Athānā ) or Athena took her name from the city .