Athenians believed in the development of the mind?

  Yes, Athenians were the people of Athens named after the goddess Athena who as the goddess of wisdom and warfare.  The people believed in the development of the mind and body, Athens was one of the biggest and most influential city-states in ancient Greece.  

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.