The New Student's Reference Work/Attica

At'tica, one of the divisions of ancient Greece, with Athens as its capital. Its area was about 640 square miles. It is of the shape of a triangle, having its northeast and southwest sides washed by the sea, and joined to the mainland on the north. As early as the time of Solon it was well cultivated, and produced wine and corn. Figs, olives and grapes are still grown, and goats and sheep are raised. Today Attica and Bœotia together form a division or government in the kingdom of Greece, with an area of 2,472 square miles and a population of 341,247.