An official traveler just back from Athens reported that one of the most baffling questions in Greece was red paint. Like nearly everything else in that country, red paint could not be had at any ...

In 447 Pericles began the project he is most famous for: the building programme on the Acropolis. Through its great naval alliance the city controlled an empire - Pericles now insisted his countrymen ...

French scholar Azoulay reassesses the life and legacy of the legendary Athenian orator and statesman who represents Greece’s golden age. Striking a balance between adulation and hypercriticism, the ...