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Date Posted: 17:30:49 10/02/07 Tue
Author: celtgirl ()
Subject: It goes back to the city of Attica, a city in ancient Greece, which was apparently a city of such beauty and refinement it lent itself to becoming the byword for all such things. At times it referred more generally to Greece or things pertaining to Greece- as being the epitome of classicism, beauty and refinement or so saith the Oxford English dictionary. :())
In reply to: Denise 's message, "I had no idea! What is the origin of the phrase?" on 16:37:56 10/02/07 Tue

Last edited by author: Tue October 02, 2007 17:34:30   Edited 1 time.

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