In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer to why only those skilled in statecraft should rule the unskilled COMMENT | MATTHEW DUNCOMBE | The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.

Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

Inspired by the Greek capital's long history of democracy, countless cities across the world have adopted the name of Athens as their own.

Opinion: Churches and their strident faiths have been perhaps the most guilty of upsetting democracy by installing chaos and ...

Lead released from smelting in ancient Greece is the world’s first toxic pollution, experts say. View on euronews ...

Today's current affairs seem so mirrored in the past; the great events of long, long ago seem so similar to what’s happening today. Not events ...

The arguments Plato makes against democracy in The Republic are spoken by the philosopher Socrates, his teacher and mentor. But the system that Socrates is rejecting, Athenian democracy of the 5th and ...

Matthew Duncombe has recieved funding from the British Academy, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the Royal Institute of Philosophy, the EU Erasmus+ Staff Mobility scheme and the Spanish Ministry ...