Wildfires driven by increasing winds and unprecedented heat surrounded Athens, Greece, this past summer, blanketing its ancient marble monuments and olive groves with ash and acrid smoke. These are ...

Ancient Greek philosophy has been enjoying a renaissance of interest and analysis of late. One of the largest Facebook groups for beginners with an interest in the field, “Stoicism,” boasts 225,000 ...

Some of the best business advice is more than 2,000 years old. Many entrepreneurs embrace the teachings of Greek philosophy to help shape and guide their life and careers. Stoicism was founded in the ...

Diogenes and Antithenes, two Cynics. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Journalists are supposed to be “skeptical,” but not “cynical.” Both effectively mean to be questioning of facts or motives. But one ...

In the current health crisis, we might ask what needs to be cured more urgently: the virus itself or people’s poor sense of moderation. We have seen shocking footage of panicked citizens fighting over ...

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

Today, Greece is a series of more than 2,000 islands (with only 170 of those islands claiming meaningful population numbers) that is bordered by Turkey, Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria. It borders the ...