Hidden in the footnotes of history books, these lesser-known leaders of Greek origin held great power over numerous countries ...

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

Thinkers, called Sophists, migrated to the city from their traditional homes on the coast of Western Turkey ... center of intellectual life in Ancient Greece had been the symposium, the drinking ...

Perspectives on Western Culture is a year-long ... In the first semester, students begin by encountering two "spiritual eruptions": the rise of Greek philosophy, and the Judeo-Christian experience of ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

We think of Western culture and values as being characterised ... For example, much of our modern understanding of Greek philosophy – such as that of Plato – relied on these texts having ...

Western civilization refers to the art ... From the intellectual speculation of the Greeks emerged the philosophic and scientific thought of Latin and Arabic culture, and eventually the ideals of the ...