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Plagues Follow Bad Leadership in Ancient Greek Tales
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The tales of ancient Greece remind the public that leaders must be able to plan for the future based on what happened in the past, examples are evidenced during their performance in the great plagues.
By Joel Christensen
In the fifth...
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The History of the Ancient Greek City of Thebes
The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in the long pageant of Greek history; appearing in many of the age-old legends of Greek mythology, it was part of the Mycenaean civilization during the Bronze Age.
Later becoming...
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A Lesson in Immigration Policy from the Cradle of Democracy
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Of all the ancient Greek cities, Athens was the most prominent. It was there that the main thinkers, philosophers and authors who contributed to the development of Western culture as we know it today lived and worked.
By Alastair Blanshard
Those...
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Daily Life in Ancient Greece: What it Was Like to Live in Athens and Sparta
Life in ancient Athens and Sparta, although both in Greece, was so different that the city-states seem completely foreign to each other.
Ancient Greece
Gossip was a Powerful Tool for the Powerless in Ancient Greece
Gossip was a real tool in the hands of slaves who wanted to punish their masters if they had treated them badly in ancient Greece.
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Lessons from Ancient Athens: The Art of Exiling Your Enemies
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For the first time in recent memory the possibility of imprisoning political rivals has entered the political discourse of a modern western election. But ostracism is an ancient Greek democratic tradition practiced in classical Athens that offers an alternative...
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Elite Companions, Flute Girls and Child Slaves: Sex Work in Ancient Greece
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In ancient Athens, it appears some elite courtesans were better educated than traditional wives. Other sex workers were sold into the role as children.
By Marguerite Johnson
When the Athenian politician Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration at the end of...
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Phryne: The Ancient Greek Courtesan Who Disrobed For Her Freedom
Phryne the Thespian was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her dramatic trial which she won by baring her naked body.
Her real name name was Mnesarete, but people referred...
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The Flowering of Athens in the Fifth Century B.C.
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In Athens, the fifth century BC served as a period in which art, literature, and thought flourished, and it ultimately defines our image of Ancient Greece.
by Patrick Garner
In the 21st century much of what the world thinks of as...
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Pericles: The First Great Statesman of the Ancient World
Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, Pericles must be the father of democracy.