Our presidential election brings to mind classical Athens, 5th century B.C., when a never-before-anywhere political revolution and invention gave each citizen (about 40,000 adult males), the right to ...

During the fifth century BC, Athens was a city-state to be reckoned with. Together with Sparta, it was one of the two great ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Surrounded by baby clothes and frilly cardigans, it’s hard to believe I’m here to learn about Greek history. But beneath the children’s ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The major objective of the publications programme of the British School at Athens is to publish work by those conducting research ...

"The Berlin Painter and His World" is a celebration of ancient Greece and of the ideals of reason, proportion, and human dignity that are its legacy. Focusing on the extraordinary work of a single ...

New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 88, No. 1 (January-March 2019), pp. 87-153 (68 pages) We present here a new edition of IG I3 435, an Athenian ...

Churches in Athens have been told by Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the (Orthodox) Church of Greece, to organize Bible readings in modern Greek. The move reflects concerns that worshipers do not ...

The main features of the robust democracy the Athenians achieved in the 5th century B.C., and how it was achieved are well known. But what is not well told is that domestic politics in Athens was ...