Voting isn't nearly enough — we need a communal process for democratic decision-making. Just ask the Athenians ...

No other ancient historian has written a book so insightful on the mechanisms of war as Thucydides' History of the ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

Young kids climb on a tank holding Greek flags just before the military parade in Athens. Credit: AMNA/Orestis Panagiotou The heart of the Greek capital was awash in national pride as thousands ...

Riot police have clashed with protesters in Athens, after thousands of people gathered to demand justice for victims of Greece's worst railway disaster, which killed 57 people. In 2023 ...

In the treaty between Paches and the people of Mytilene, the Athenian general pledged not to execute, enslave, or imprison any Mytilenean before the return of an embassy sent by the city to Athens.