Publisher: Aeon

Author: Johanna Hanink

This May, Greece’s parliament passed yet another austerity bill in the hopes of securing more European debt relief. For nearly seven and a half years, creditors have held the country in an economic stranglehold. Along the way, they’ve offered a se...

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Publisher: Bloomberg

Author: Tobin Harshaw

A Q&A with Fred and Kimberly Kagan on the hottest book in the Trump inner circle: Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War."

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Publisher: Washington Post

Author: Daniel W. Drezner

The White House is interested in Thucydides. Uh-oh.

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Publisher: Slate Magazine

Author: Osita Nwanevu

Bannon was moved enough by the text, we are told, to begin using Sparta as a password.

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Publisher: Politico Magazine

Author: Michael Crowley

The Trump team is obsessing over Thucydides, the ancient historian who wrote a seminal tract on war.

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Publisher: Aeon

Author: Dominic Frisby

Imagine a progressive tax – in other words, a tax that falls on those most able to pay; a tax that results in the rich paying – quite voluntarily – more than they are obliged, instead of trying to avoid it; a tax that's spent according to the wish...

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Publisher: The Conversation

Author: Marguerite Johnson

Since the epics of the Homeric poets, there have been tales of the mysterious, war-like Amazon women. The myth is likely based on the 'strong, free' women of the nomadic Scythian tribe.

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Publisher: The Atlantic

Author: Janelle Peters

Thanks to starting blocks, races were no longer won by who could dig the best foothold. 

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Publisher: Aeon

Author: Nick Romeo

How much did Plato know about behavioural economics and cognitive biases? Pretty much everything, it turns out

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Publisher: The Telegraph

Author: Ben Farmer

The Army is experimenting with performances of Greek tragedy to try to get soldiers to open up about the psychological wounds of war.

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