In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vase from ancient Greek civilization depicts Apollo consulting the oracle of Delphi. G. Dagli Orti/DeAgostini Collection via ...
When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! American University History Professor Valerie French discusses the ancient Greek empire, its rise, and its impact on Western civilization. This ...
Humans have had almost ceaseless difficulties in working and living together. Superstition, religious ideas, race, geography, ownership of land, and language engulf them so much, they often fail to ...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence. The stories go that on March 25, the day of Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Bishop Germanos announced the revolution at the Monastery ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...
THE Greek word for money, chrema, carries a significance its English translation cannot fully convey. “It means ‘to need’ and ‘to use’ together,” explains Nicholas Stampolidis, director of the Museum ...