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

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped ...

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. View on euronews ...

Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

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

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

Democracies are vulnerable political systems. Democratic governments have frequently given way to authoritarian regimes, and ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

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

Matthew Duncombe has recieved funding from the British Academy, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the EU Erasmus+ Staff Mobility scheme and the Spanish Ministry ...

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 Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”. Not only was the ...