The art of Greece

The Parthenon. Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. Homer’s epic poems. Gods and goddesses lounging around, indulging in pleasures on Mount Olympus. All of these images bring to mind th...

The chapter traces Greece’s traditional focus on conventional notions of administrative accountability through legislative delegation and the involvement of the Council of State as...

This book presents a new way of looking at Wole Soyinka’s engagement with the classical past.Nigerian author and activist Wole Soyinka was the first Black African author to win the...

This chapter studies Thucydides’ account of early Greek history in the “Archaeology” (1.1.2–1.21.2). It shows that Thucydides’ criteria of development and his reconstruction of his...

The Hellenistic world, ushered into existance by Alexander the Great, took in a vast region, stretching from Iraq in the east to Sicily in the west. Within this area, society was m...