For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

Palynologists who study tiny pollen fossils share 4 stories found in grains that fell hundreds to millions of years ago.

Empedocles was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, as well as poet and politician, who left an indelible mark on Western ...

Proclus’s visionary insights into planetary satellites reveal a divine cosmic order that foreshadowed modern astronomical ...

Democracy’s an idea that’s been kicking around for thousands of years, an attempt to bring a particular form of order to a ...

The Parthenon's interior has long been seen as a bright marble space, a new 3D model of the temple shows otherwise.

A recent excavation at the Floga site in Parikia, Paros, has brought to light a remarkable Hellenistic-era sculpture workshop ...

Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

Regardless of its origin or meaning, however, the owl went on to play a massive role in ensuring Greek prosperity. Consisting ...

There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of a 2500-year-old temple with a corner restaurant serving authentic local ...

Plato’s iconic work, the most widely assigned text by any author at America’s top universities, considers the possibility of ...

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