City of the Violet Crown is a term for several different cities: * Athens, GreeceIn one of his surviving fragments (fragment 64), the lyric poet Pindar wrote of Athens:City of light, with thy violet crown, beloved of the poets, thou art the bulwark of Greece.The climate of Attica is characterised by low humidity and a high percentage of dust in the air, which make sunsets display hues of violet and purple and the surrounding mountains often appear immersed in a purple haze.In Geoffrey Trease's novel The Crown of Violet, the name is explained as referring to the mauve-tinted marble of the Acropolis hill. * Austin, TexasAccording to the City of Austin's History Center, the phrase first appeared in The Austin Daily Statesman (Now the Austin American Statesman) on May 5th, 1890.