ancient Athens

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...

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...

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...

Life in ancient Athens and Sparta, although both in Greece, was so different that the city-states seem completely foreign to each other.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Since Athens is considered the birthplace of democracy, Pericles must be the father of democracy.