Are we all political animals? Aristotle thought so. Politics, he believed, was the art of the possible, but extremes of ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens wrote one of the first Greek Constitutions, and his ideas remain relevant in today's ...

Archaeologists in Greece uncover a 7th-century B.C.E. tomb with a noblewoman buried wearing an inverted crown, symbolizing the fall of her power.

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

Criminal distortion of history, fueled by post-truth narratives and state sponsorship, threatens democracy. An academic ...

A crown was left with the deceased, but its position indicated her reign may not have ended the way she would have liked.

I spent most of the past 15 years translating the complete works of Plato from Ancient Greek into English, and these ...

Archaeologists also discovered the burial of a four-year-old child in close proximity to the woman. The child was crowned with a bronze diadem adorned with small rosettes and dates to the same time ...

Learn why Boston, Massachusetts, earned the title 'the Athens of America' in the 19th century. Know about its strong ...

By Middle East Eye correspondent Sean Mathews, the book is a vigorous, evocative ramble through today’s Greece and its faded ...

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...