Selecting the most innovative Greeks is not easy, as history is filled with people who thought differently than their contemporaries.

The ruins of the School of Aristotle are located just two miles from the contemporary town of Naoussa, in the Greek region of ...

Plato is one of history’s most influential thinkers, the “sublime philosopher” whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he ...

All we need is shelter, food, drink and friendship, and once we have these things "we may rival Zeus in happiness." ...

Hedgehogs are holists; foxes are pluralists. Hedgehogs have a satisfying explanation of everything, but they can tend toward ...

Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness and decadence. It may come as no surprise, therefore ...

Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary excess. Images of exotic – even orgiastic – feasts perpetuate its reputation for strangeness a ...

Long perceived as unsettling, the female genital area has been subjected for millennia to more or less invasive acts aimed at ...

There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of a 2500-year-old temple with a corner restaurant serving authentic local ...

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