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

There’s nowhere quite like Athens. The mix of ancient ruins and modern city life is pretty surreal, and the juxtaposition of ...

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 ...

Museum of the Ancient Agora, Athens The first ostracon was identified ... including some from the Athenian Agora, or marketplace, which Sickinger has been studying. So it was a remarkable haul ...

It’s this progression that’s led to Athens revealing itself in layers. Think of it as an architectural moussaka. At the bottom are remnants of the ancient city dating back to the fifth century ...

Diogenes of Sinope was an ancient Greek philosopher and self-proclaimed ... insulting famous figures and lecturing shoppers in the marketplace. Plato reportedly called him “a Socrates gone ...