There's always been a deep-seated rejection of monarchy in Greece, favoring accountable, accessible leaders over distant, ...

Ostracism is an ancient democratic tradition practiced in Athens that offers an alternative approach of imprisoning political ...

The ancient Greeks famously invented democracy ... in the Athenian democratic constitution. It was under this political system that Athens successfully resisted the Persian onslaughts of 490 ...

But while the ancient Greeks are often dubbed the inventors of democracy, only some elements of their political system shaped American practices. The forgotten aspects of ancient Greek politics ...