The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

A historian looks at the plague that hit Ancient Athens and explains how a massive government spending plan backfired 2,500 ...

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...