Ancient Athens politics

In the path of the United States of America to nationhood, the influence of Ancient Greece and its philosophers looms large. The Founding Fathers, the architects of American democracy, learned many of the fundamental principles of freedom, democracy, and...

Ancient Athens is renowned to this day as the birthplace of democracy and cradle of philosophical debate, but few know the story of the city state's harshest lawgiver. Draco, also spelled Drako or Drakon, was Athens' first recorded democratic legislator....