Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy -- and, it turns out, lead pollution.

The arguments Plato makes against democracy in The Republic are spoken by the philosopher Socrates, his teacher and mentor. But the system that Socrates is rejecting, Athenian democracy of the 5th and ...

The Timeless Enigma of Stonehenge Stonehenge, nestled in the verdant landscapes of Wiltshire, England, stands as a testament ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest ... The Classical period is famous for Athenian democracy, Socrates and Plato, and the Hellenistic period saw Greek cultural influence peak ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records ... The Classical period is famous for Athenian democracy, Socrates and Plato, and the Hellenistic period saw Greek cultural influence peak across ...