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Greek marble inscription, stored in a museum since the 1880s, has been rediscovered in Scotland. Research shows that it is actually an ancient Greek yearbook.

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Meet the 20 Charles River Campus faculty promoted to the rank of full professor in 2022. Cited for the extraordinary leadership, they are pushing their respective fields forward and advancing the caliber of research and scholarship at Boston University.

Researchers develop an artificial intelligence system to help fill in missing words in ancient writings. The system is designed to help historians restore the inscriptions and identify when and where they were written.

Discover Greek Culture run a large number of half-day and full-day themed tours in Athens and three other Greek cities. Tours include Classical Athens, contemporary art, culinary adventures, modern Greece and even themed tours and activities for children. Book online at the website or call for more

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On Sept. 22, members of the Villanova community gathered virtually for “Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change,” the latest event in the “Turning Points in History” 2021-22 event series presented by

When we conjure up ancient philosophers the image that springs to mind might be a bald Socrates discoursing with beautiful young men in the sun, or a scholarly Aristotle lecturing among cool columns. But what about Aspasia, the foreign mistress of the foremost politician in Athens who gave both political and erotic advice? Or Sosipatra, mystic, mother and Neoplatonist who was a more popular teacher than her husband, Eustathius? Women also shaped the development of philosophy. Although their wri...

JOURNAL NAME: ABSTRACT: Though considered the most democratic method of allocating citizens to office in Classical Greece, sortition (selection by lot) has never been adopted on a large scale by modern democracies (except for juries) and has fallen into oblivion. Recently, however, some political theorists, motivated by deep disappointment with current electoral practices, have been advocating a return to sortition without being sufficiently aware of the complexities involved in their ancient ...

Rhodes, P. J. (2003). Ancient Democracy and Modern Ideology. London Duckworth.