Can we learn from Thucydides' writings on the Trump of ancient Athens?
Publisher: The Conversation
Author: Chris Mackie
The Athenian politician Cleon was one of the earliest demagogues. An effective, if vulgar speaker, he made extravagant promises and delivered extravagant accusations.
How the Greeks Changed the Idea of the Afterlife
Publisher: National Geographic
Author: Caroline Alexander
Their secret cults help shape the way we think of what happens after death.
The Unsung Hero of Western Science
Publisher: The Atlantic
Author: Andrea Wulf
A friend and pupil of Aristotle, Theophrastus isn’t always credited for launching botany and much else.
Mourning on Social Media Is an Awful Lot Like Mourning in Ancient Greece
Publisher: Slate Magazine
Author: Laurialan Reitzammer
This piece originally appeared on Zócalo Public Square. After Prince died, my Facebook news feed filled with mourning. My friends shared the time he sa ...
Wargaming in the Classroom: An Odyssey
Publisher: War on the Rocks
Author: James Lacey
Several years ago, as a new professor at the Marine Corps War College, I spent a huge amount of time putting together the best presentation on Thucydides a
Meet the Donald Trump of ancient Athens (he won)
Publisher: The Spectator
Author: Peter Jones
Why does the Republican party loathe Donald Trump? Because Trump is the ultimate loose cannon, beholden to no one. And even worse, he is popular. What trumpery! Ancient Athenians would have loved him.
The Depths of Okeanos
Publisher: Aeon
Author: James Romm
To the ancient Greeks, Ocean – at once a monster and a god – was what the Big Bang is to cosmologists today.
Trump ‘tells it like it is.’ That’s not necessarily a good thing for democracy.
Publisher: Washington Post
Author: Elizabeth Markovits
It’s also not new – politicians have been doing it for ages. Literally.
The next world war will be in the South China Sea. Ask Thucydides...
Publisher: The Independent
Author: Peter Popham
Climb into my time machine and come fly with me two years into the future. Here we are, November 2018, with celebrations of the centenary of the end of the First World War in full swing. And we find ourselves part of the grand coalition that has just declared war on China.
Searching for the Secret to Athenian Genius
Publisher: The Atlantic
Author: Eric Weiner
How did a tiny, dirty Greek city-state produce more brilliant minds than anywhere in the world before or since?