Ancient Athenian democracy functioned as a chaotic and exclusive system that relied on many things, but what is truth and ...
A critical analysis of the Greek government’s proposed bill to introduce postal voting and three parliamentary seats for ...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped ...
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What Was the Polis?

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish. There’s a reason many of us know the word for “marketplace”(agora) in ancient Greek, ...
Its global reputation may be as the birthplace of democracy but standards in modern Greek politics are slipping, critics say, due to lax lawmaking and arcane parliamentary procedure on top of rambling ...
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham was joined by Binghamton’s Pan-Hellenic Council members this morning for a flag raising celebrating Greek Independence Day outside city hall.
My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?