Ancient philosopher Plato may have an answer to why only those skilled in statecraft should rule the unskilled COMMENT | ...

when we swear in English has more to do with class than I realised. “Spill the beans” comes from an ancient Greek voting style, and “stealing someone’s thunder” has a theatrical past ― even “goodbye” ...

when we swear in English has more to do with class than I realised. “Spill the beans” comes from an ancient Greek voting style, and “stealing someone’s thunder” has a theatrical past ...

First off the Greeks gave the world democracy – which we still use in Britain today to choose who runs the country. In ancient Athens, citizens met regularly to vote on the laws that changed ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato ... In Athenian democracy, only male citizens could vote on laws and elect officials. Men also had to take their turn in ...

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been ... adorned with images from Roman and Greek mythology. “The members of the ruling class of Pompeii ...