Nathan Arrington, an assistant professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University, sometimes visits the cemetery near campus to think. He is an expert on another burial ground, thousands of ...

The United States has be a nation for 250 years. But it’s democratic roots go back much further, to ancient Greece. The new documentary “Athens: Birth of Democracy” looks at the time when democracy ...

Explore the unseen aspects of life in ancient Athens, where daily routines and societal roles shaped the city's vibrant yet complex existence. This article delves into the hidden dynamics that powered ...

Athenians voted for Socrates to be put to death. Jacques Louis David, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931 The ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom ...

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 ...

The concept of a democratic society, such as the one our country enjoys today, began in the Greek capital some 8,000 years ago. The city of Athens is sometimes referred to as the cradle of Western ...

In December the Supreme Court in the American state of Colorado held that former President Donald Trump was constitutionally ineligible to run for election again due to the Fourteenth Amendment’s ...

As the Greek referendum approaches, it is tempting to draw parallels to the ancient world, particularly to the classical Athenian democracy. Supporters of a “no” vote on the referendum, such as Nobel ...

At Prawfsblawg, legal scholar Paul Gowder has an insightful post on some of the reasons why the study of ancient Athenian democracy is relevant to modern debates about law and politics. I would add ...

Many people today worry that John Adams might have been onto something when he observed that “there has never been a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” Miller tries to put these worries in ...