What the ancient Greeks understood about democracy that Trump does not (Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos via Getty Images, Timothy A. Clary / Pool/Getty Images) By Jane Manners and Melissa Lane ...

The idea of democracy was nurtured in the outdoor amphitheaters that dotted the hillsides throughout the many city-states of ancient Greece. But whereas Athenian democracy ended, as did the ...

The film explores the golden age of ancient Greece, highlighting its significant contributions to democracy, art, philosophy, and culture. It emphasizes the pride of Greek city-states ...

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, ...

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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 ...

The ancient Greeks practised direct democracy. It literally was “ people power ”. And they took measures specifically to ensure that ruthless, narcissistic people were unable to dominate ...

What might the U.S. learn from these ancient ideas? For starters, we might recognize that our own founding documents suggest that the telos of our democracy is, as it was for the Greeks, the good ...

IDEAS What Greek tragedy could teach us about the decline of our democracy My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy ...