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”. Not only was the ...

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

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

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC ... wrote plays and founded the first proper democracy. Historians call this Classical Greece. Image caption, The Parthenon temple was built ...

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

So what was Plato’s argument? And could it hold the key to understanding why, across the west, confidence in democracy is declining? Looking for something good? Cut through the noise with a ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book “The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today” ...

We might preserve democracy by nurturing the political skills of everyone, to make the best use of their talents and experiences This might be surprising, given that Westerners typically think that it ...

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 ...