Books & the Arts / For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to ...

The word sycophant has fascinating roots that stem from the ancient Greek fig market. Greek has influenced modern language in ...

Once the political hub of ancient Athens ... Located approximately 6 miles southwest of central Athens, Piraeus features a popular flea market, as well as numerous seafood restaurants that ...

But Ancient Greece isn’t one big country ... Many people make their living at the agora, the main marketplace in the city. Farmers bring their produce, such as grain, or oil, or olives; and ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Whereas the traditional center of intellectual life in Ancient ... aristocrats, in Athens the focus of intellectual enquiry began to shift. Places such as the agora (marketplace) and theatre ...

Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began, Greek civilisation slowly emerged again. The Greeks started trading more with the outside world ...