Yes, Athenians owned slaves, and women were forbidden from participation in public life, but in the context of the ancient world, Athens’ political and economic institutions were remarkably ...

The current troubles have re-opened old, even ancient wounds. Greece—located on the eastern fringe of modern Europe—prides itself on being the “cradle of Western civilization,” the ...

The territory of ancient Greece had great advantages of shape and position. ... then for the space of ninety years there has been no political sovereignty within these limits." ...

Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

Theater and politics in ancient Greece. In ancient Greece, theater served as political discourse—and in fact, attending theatrical performances was considered a civic duty.Sophocles ...

The priestess of the oracle at ancient Delphi, Greece. [Image: John Collier/Gift of the Rt. Honourable, the Earl of Kintore 1893/ Wikimedia Commons ] BY John C. Hulsman ...

Ancient Greece, the civilisation responsible for all that we cherish about our cultural, political and intellectual life. The origin of democracy, theatre and theoretical mathematics, where poets and ...

Shouting. While modern politics can feel like a shouting contest, voting by shouting was an actual practice in ancient Sparta.. This wasn't really like the voice votes held in the U.S. House and ...

ARGUABLY GREAT BEGUN IN ANCIENT GREECE, ... In America, the 19th-century master of political invective was John Randolph of Virginia, a power in the House and Senate from 1799 to 1829.

During the end of Greece’s Bronze Age, between approximately 1700 and 1100 B.C., Mycenaean civilization flourished throughout the Peloponnesian Peninsula.