| 单词 | Athenian |
| 例句 | Creon would not listen to Theseus’ plea, and the Athenians marched against Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Before him, such a form of colonization had been used in the fifth century by the Athenians, who planted citizen estates in troublesome areas of their Aegean empire. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The Athenians gladly received the many gifts she bestowed upon them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Observes Green, “Cassander. . . must have chuckled at the thought of giving the Athenians, in uncomfortable practice, a taste of their own Platonic—or in this case Aristotelian—medicine, a real philosopher-king.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The only coin she had was her silver Athenian drachma, which didn’t make a great tribute. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This dearest of heroes to the Athenians engaged the attention of many writers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To the Athenians, these were a kind of cultural patrimony—something like the original handwritten copies and first folios of Shakespeare might be in England. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, the Athenians think death to be merely sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When the grateful Athenians would have given him a large sum of money he refused and asked only that there should be friendship between Athens and his own home, Cnossus in Crete. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Euergetes, it seems, valued the plays even more than the Athenians did. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z ‘My people were the original Athenians — the geminil ‘Like your zodiac sign?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Theseus could not have demonstrated his ability if he had not found the Athenians dispersed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The new heir apparent soon had an opportunity to endear himself to the Athenians. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To secure the loan, the Athenians demanded a deposit of fifteen talents, or approximately nine hundred pounds of solid gold. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He could never have thought out any new or great idea as the Athenian hero was held to have done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The outraged Athenians had to content themselves with the copies that Ptolemy, only a little shamefacedly, presented to them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenians agreed and welcomed the poor hero. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And to the Athenian political class, they became indispensable. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Minos, the powerful ruler of Crete, had lost his only son, Androgeus, while the young man was visiting the Athenian King. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But although the way lay clear to the victorious Athenian Army, Theseus held them back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They taught well-heeled Athenians how to construct speeches and sway audiences. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z No wonder the idea of learning how to talk round a large mass of people was something that Athenian aristocrats—traditionally *So named, supposedly, because it met on a big rock above Athens. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To this place the young Athenians were each time taken and left to the Minotaur. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You helped the Athenian kill my Minotaur, Daedalus. You turned my own daughter against me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It was natural that the Athenians should have such a hero because they valued thought and ideas as no other part of the country did. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenians were different from the other Greeks and their hero therefore was different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Athenian bulk exports to Egypt would have been far more limited than her imports, Alexandrian cargo ships would come home far higher in the water than when they set out. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Some historians and mathematicians argue that the Parthenon, the majestic Athenian temple, was built so that the golden ratio is visible in every aspect of its construction. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If the fifth- century Aegean Greeks resented the Athenians for similar policies despite a common language and culture, the Egyptians probably hated the Macedonians even more. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z According to Annabeth, the hill they stood on had once been Sparta’s acropolis - its highest point and main fortress - but it was nothing like the massive Athenian acropolis Piper had seen in her dreams. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’ve been carrying this ever since I saw my mom at Grand Central. It’s an Athenian coin.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When King Minos learned that the Athenians had found their way out, he was convinced that they could have done so only if Daedalus had helped them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All the brave Athenian talk about democracy applied only to a privileged few. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was named Miltiades after the great Athenian general, but would be known as Milton, after the great English poet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This doctrine was so dangerous that the manuscript describing it had to be circulated in secret, an Athenian samizdat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras was brought to Athens by Pericles, its leader in its time of greatest glory, but also the man whose actions led to the Peloponnesian War, which destroyed Athenian democracy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As she watched, it changed from a New York subway token to an ancient silver drachma, the kind used by Athenians. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then there’s good old torture—standard practice for slaves giving evidence in the Athenian courts.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Development of the institutions designed to make the city heir to Athenian intellectual greatness, the Museum and Great Library, was already well under way under the first Ptolemy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Herodotus, in the Persian War, tells a story of how Croesus, the richest and most-favored king of his time, asked Solon the Athenian a leading question. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were three main bodies that comprised the Athenian government. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Athenian juries were notoriously partisan and notoriously eager to convict—showing a chippy preference, too, for cutting the wealthy and prominent down to size. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Even if the Athenians did banish him, very soon after his death they honored him as no other mortal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Socrates, the great Athenian teacher, who lived hundreds of years, thousands, perhaps, after the mythological stories were first told, went on a walk with a young man he was fond of named Phaedrus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “In Greek it stands for Of The Athenians...or you could read it as the children of Athena. It’s sort of the Athenian motto.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And the scenes within the wood are among the most spirited I've seen, as the young Athenians are pelted with pigment bombs as if out on a renaissance paint-balling exercise. A Midsummer Night's Dream – review 2013-07-25T16:53:56Z You may hear, in the trial of Electra and Orestes by a jury of ordinary Athenians, an argument against capital punishment that sounds as if the words spewed from an op-ed columnist’s laptop. Review | Michael Kahn turns to a timeless play from ancient Greece to send off his career 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Darkness lurks not only in the Athenian woods where much of this comedy takes place, but also in the minds of those who would transform themselves into others. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z They are joined by a group of hymn-singing Athenians who don’t at first look like a whole lot of fun. The Restorative Power of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z But is it fair for us to assume that we’re so different from and better than the Athenian citizens who put him to death? Socrates Questions, a Contemporary Philosopher Answers 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z This account of modern Athenian history features maps, engravings, photographs and popular posters, made by both local artists and visiting philhellenes, mostly presented as a succession of “on this day” anniversaries. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z In Shakespeare the Athenian wedding festivities reach their climax in the fabulously clumsy performance of the play within the play, “Pyramus and Thisbe.” Dance Review: City Ballet in Balanchine’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 2012-06-06T21:59:12Z He puts a charm on the wrong Athenian youth, but how was he to tell? Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Embraces Fun and Folly of a Classic 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z But that one man “by sheer force of personality and military skill” reorganized Syracuse’s army and “choosing the right moment to attack, turned the tide of the war against the Athenians.” ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Among the Bard's several plays within plays, the most enjoyable is Pyramus and Thisbe, as staged by the Athenian mechanicals to celebrate the mass marriage that ends A Midsummer Night's Dream. John Mullan's 10 of the best: plays within plays 2012-05-25T21:55:09Z Ashton’s is set in costumes of the early-19th-century era of Mendelssohn’s music, Balanchine’s in a Russian-American idea of the mythical Athenian period described by Shakespeare’s play. Ashton and Balanchine: Compare and Contrast 2010-07-01T22:36:00Z Then and later, Athenian life was an agōn, a contest of forces. ‘Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece’ Review: Recasting History 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z “Good Will Come From the Sea” follows Ikonomou’s “Something Will Happen, You’ll See,” another story collection about the lives of working-class Athenians, which won a prestigious national award. Greece’s Fear and Yearning Crystallized in Fiction 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But the menu would be instantly recognizable to any Athenian. In Hong Kong, a World of Menus 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z When David Ricardo-Pearce's Theseus points a finger at the tiny puppet Hermia, it magnifies the sense of her powerlessness in the face of Athenian law. A Midsummer Night's Dream - review 2013-03-08T16:04:46Z Powerful carvings of humans fighting centaurs depict this as a war between reason and savagery, with centaurs as the wild enemies of Athenian civilisation. Horses shaped our art of war and peace 2011-08-29T09:44:37Z Even more than the ancient Athenians, the Romans come across as fully three-dimensional, driven by familiar motives of ambition, lust, fear and affection. What a strange lot 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It has drawn Athenians and Syrian refugees far removed from the contemporary art world, who gather to share a meal and talk. Art, Politics and Misery Tourism: A German Art Fair Expands Into Athens 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z When Socrates finally stood up to face his charges in front of his fellow citizens in a religious court in the Athenian agora, he articulated one of the great pities of human society. Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z It also attracts curious Athenians with a taste for what’s new in their midst. Scene In/Seen In ... Athens: Musing About Art and the World Beyond 2011-01-14T12:00:05Z Athenians hate The morning sunlight because Dawn is tough on Greece. Style Invitational Week 1458: Do adjust your set 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “Greece has more cartels than Colombia,” Frankie, a transplanted Athenian, mutters. Greece’s Fear and Yearning Crystallized in Fiction 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z You finally get away from your uptight Athenian parents, only to stumble into a spooky/dreamy forest, where meddling fairies and nutty actors are running around loose. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' 2011-10-26T22:52:24Z Vassilenas is a magnet for the food-obsessed, and the Athenian who introduced my companion and me to it looked around the room, certain of spotting someone who would illustrate this fact. Choice Tables: How to Eat Well in Athens 2011-01-14T19:55:00Z They are ordered with Latinate precision, ranked from the “Episcopal” to the “Queerinthian” and assessed according to an “Athenian Measure.” Exhibition Review | Yale Center for British Art: It Took Tools to Build a Revolution 2010-02-26T23:50:00Z But, overrun by its enemies, starving, and with the ideology of democracy itself in question, the Athenians took a more fundamentalist view. Socrates ? a man for our times 2010-10-17T19:30:00Z And in Greece, they loved the food but the hike up to the Parthenon was a slog, unlike the Athenian high jinks of the children’s Greek mythology graphic novels and Percy Jackson DVDs. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In homage to her grandfather, Vourloumis began a visual dialogue with his watercolor paintings and his drawings of Athenian streets, which he walked nearly every day on the way to his studio. In the Same Space: Eirini and Andreas Vourloumis 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z When the globules of computer-generated blood fly majestically through the air, or a fleet of Athenian ships rams into Persian vessels on roiling seas, "Rise of an Empire" is legitimately awesome. 'Masters of Sex' is addictive, and its stars are terrific 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Here, the Athenians are bullied by the natives, who regard them as invaders and fear they will try to take over their island. Greece’s Fear and Yearning Crystallized in Fiction 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He was the Athenian artist Dimitrios Antonitsis, the director of a gallery called Hydra School Projects, which is lodged in a former school and captain’s house high above the port. T Magazine: Beyond the Sea 2014-03-21T16:23:22Z And though the play’s tribal flocks eventually embrace the two two-legged Athenians who wander into their midst bearing proposals for a brave new world, you can understand why “anthropos” is a dirty word. Review: Building the Wall (Not That One) in Aristophanes’ ‘The Birds’ 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Here’s a surprise: While Athenians were locked down because of the pandemic, a flurry of creative and entrepreneurial activity was underway. In Athens Creativity in Art, Food and More Rises 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z To the Athenians, the islanders are “the rats,” who try to pass off Chinese garlic and Dutch tomatoes as local produce. Greece’s Fear and Yearning Crystallized in Fiction 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Not Bath, near Fox Talbot's home in Lacock; not Edinburgh, where the new Athenians lived; but this windy little antique butting into the North Sea. The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography by Robert Crawford ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:04Z In the first, the Athenians eventually demolished Persian King Darius the Great’s mighty army at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C. Review | Best audiobooks to listen to now 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z At first glance, Yoleni’s looks like an Athenian grocery store of a bygone era. From Wine to Sweets, Greek Goodies at a New Athens Market 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z And perhaps why one Athenian, arguably the wisest Greek of all, had hinted that the solution to one of antiquity’s greatest mysteries might be visible from this very spot. My Quest for Atlantis 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z She will appear as Hermia, one of the four lovers whose retreat to the Athenian woods propels the action of Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Christina Ricci, Back Onstage 2012-04-13T04:00:37Z And yet Mr. Ratmansky’s “Symposium” also evokes conversation, debate, camaraderie, an Athenian evening of philosophical talk in the days of Socrates when men did the talking and the voting. Review: In Gala, American Ballet Theater Is Open to Debate 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Does Washington’s neoclassical architecture signify Athenian democracy or Roman imperialism? In the galleries: The stars and planets align for ‘hyder flares’ 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z In spite of Greece's economic woes, young Athenians who jumped ship abroad are returning to revive a downtown long bereft of activity. Next Time You're in Athens 2011-01-06T09:05:00Z Now, apart from Athenians' holiday homes, this quiet island is given over to pistachio farms and fishing. 2010-02-06T04:04:00Z A legal, political and cultural history of free speech, via figures like Ida B. Wells, the Athenian orator Demosthenes and the Persian philosopher Al-Razi. Newly Published, From Quincy Troupe to Art Censorship 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It inspired the museum’s first animated film, “How to Make an Athenian Vase,” produced in partnership with Zedem Media. A Eureka Moment, Recreated in Film 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The Athenian woods will be a little less populous when Lear deBessonet’s Shakespeare in the Park production for the Public Theater finishes its run. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It would have been enough to reconcile the average Athenian man to any kind of male government, no matter how incompetent. The End of Men: And the Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin – review 2012-10-03T07:00:02Z Feel free to join a few Athenians with the same goal. 9 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z When two of the Athenian housewives travel to London on a shopping and sales expedition, they are careful to cross the store threshold with their right foot; in Greece, a left-footed entrance is bad luck. ‘Real Housewives’ in Greece, Israel and Canada 2013-06-06T12:00:01Z But the spell is sabotaged by Sycorax, and another ship, bearing the four Athenian lovers from Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” is beset. Music Review: ?The Enchanted Island? at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2012-01-01T22:56:22Z It's from a speech Pericles made to the Athenians during the Peloponnesian wars. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z Why in the world, during a breathing spell in their war against Sparta, did democratic Athenians attack neutral and democratic Syracuse, 500 miles away? When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z But Hytner is also at pains to remind us that Timon's ruination is part of a larger crisis in capitalism and, utilising the play's Athenian background, shows angry crowds occupying the squares and streets. Timon of Athens - Review 2012-07-18T00:23:36Z One of the highlights is the home of a wealthy Athenian, dating back to the sixth century AD. Acropolis Museum opens ancient Athens neighborhood site below its base 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z And yet the show’s most important themes — migration, debt, fraying European unity and the historical antecedents of today’s populism and intolerance — are ones Athenians have reckoned with for years. Documenta 14, a German Art Show’s Greek Revival 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z While some images from the Parthenon show centaurs raging, the main frieze portrays young Athenian men proudly riding in a cavalcade. Horses shaped our art of war and peace 2011-08-29T09:44:37Z The whisper of Athenian Greek still has much the same effect on me as does Russian on Jamie Lee Curtis …. Summer readings: The Magus by John Fowles 2011-07-31T09:00:00Z And Aegina is the top choice for Athenians seeking peace and quiet. Maria Loi on Greece’s Quiet Islands 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He adds: “We are not talking about Athenian democracy here.” Mel Brooks: ‘Donald Trump doesn't scare me. He's a song-and-dance man' 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z There are all sorts of locally famous house museums on the tour, although the names may not be recognizable to anyone except Athenians or Georgians. The Ga. towns that Sherman spared in his March to the Sea You say: It’s a time-honored tradition dating to antiquity, when Athenians gathered in hillside amphitheaters to ponder the tragedies of Euripides. Perspective | Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the theatrical sun 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z By the end, he could have armpit-squelched his way through "Teddy Bears' Picnic" and made it sound like Pericles's funeral address to the Athenians. Rewind TV: The Tony Blair Interview With Andrew Marr; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Traffickers; I Am Slave 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z A voice declared Chapter Five, verses 15 to 17 from the Book of Athenians. Pink Floyd: 'They don't dig creative complacency' – a classic feature 2013-03-06T15:27:41Z The Athenian Empire, the British Empire -- Well, I was just about to ask you if you think we are, in fact, the modern version of empire. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z Advertisement Advertisement Those new to “Dream” may be a tad confused by the opening scene here, in which the performers take turns portraying the Athenian duke Theseus and his captive warrior bride-to-be, Hippolyta. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Truly, to watch their online arguments is to clamber inside the Athenian agora simulator. Pity Jordan Peterson. Can a giant lobster analogy ever replace a sense of humour? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The ancient Athenians considered most everyone else barbarians, and that snobbery has trickled down to us through the eons. National Gallery of Art offers rare chance to see ancient Greek bronzes 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Roko Rumora, a young historian, could probably walk blindfolded through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Greek and Roman galleries without toppling statuary or sending the Athenian vases airborne. That Painted Greek Maiden at the Met: Just Whose Vision Is She? 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Later, when she orders the Athenian senators to step down or die, their unlikely answer — “We no longer are defensible” — is cadged from “Henry V.” Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Timon’ Gets an Occupy Athens Makeover 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Subsequent political huggermugger led to the exile of Athenian generals Xanthippus and Aristides, but the two were called back as the Persians mounted a second, retributive invasion almost a decade later. Review | Best audiobooks to listen to now 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Karathanos said that the play, which is about two Athenians who build a utopia in the clouds with the help of birds, is a constant revelation for him. From Aristophanes to Hitchcock, Celebrating Birds and Culture 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z In “Iphigenia in Aulis,” the last great work by the Athenian playwright Euripides, she volunteers to be sacrificed in order to help her countrymen wage war, but she’s mysteriously saved by the goddess Artemis. How Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter Realized His Dream: an Opera 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Jason Crowley, the British scholar and the author of the 2012 study “The Psychology of the Athenian Hoplite,” makes the case that ancient combat experience had very little in common with its modern counterpart. A Misguided Impulse to Update the Greek Classics 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Under attack and blockade by the Athenians, Syracuse called on its ally Sparta for help. ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z And the program for this production includes a note from its director, Ramin Gray, that speaks of the inspiration of the ancient Athenian theater, where “important issues were collectively considered by the community.” Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But her refusal to rejoin the world when beckoned back to mediate between the Athenian swells and an advancing army of the dispossessed feels like the completion of a lesson for the audience. Review | ‘Timon of Athens’ is tricky Shakespeare. A fearless director gets it right. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Located southwest of the more famous Mykonos, Sifnos was, at this time, not as popular with Americans, more of a weekend trip for Athenians. On a Small Greek Isle, Drawing to Discover and Remember 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z In ancient Athens, Mr. Kolman noted, only 10 percent of the people actually had the right to vote — women, nonnative Athenians and enslaved people were excluded. At This Museum Sixth Graders Learn Lessons in Democracy 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But it is possible that, while the Obama administration upholds Athenian ideals of democracy, the outlook of much of the electorate has more in common with Sparta. Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The subject of the film is justice itself, and more than justice: it’s a modern American vision of the Athenian philosophical triumvirate of justice, beauty, and goodness. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z All I found, though, were meticulously restored vacation homes and Stella Tsakiri, an artsy Athenian transplant spattered with paint from renovating her rental properties. Lost in the Odyssey 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z A mayor told Greek television that more than 7,000 acres of land was reduced to ashes along a coast, where many Athenians have holiday homes. Wildfire burns forests north of Athens, fires weaken in southeast and west 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Aviva: Later on, we grabbed lunch at the Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar, a seafood place with a great view of the water. Are Seattle’s iconic tourist attractions worth a visit? We tried out 5 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z No women can sit at the bar at The Athenian? As ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ turns 30, we revisit its famous Seattle locations 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z There is also a questionable statistic from Greek sources that it was more than that — as many as 60 Persians per Athenian. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Athenian Fotis Hatzos said that while he had expected ND’s win, its hammering of the main opposition party took him by surprise. Greece faces new ballot in weeks, after election triumph fails to deliver center-right majority 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z He used public money to buy Athenian slaves who had been enslaved abroad and bring them back to Athens. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenians, under siege, could not secure food or supplies without ships, and in 404 BCE the city surrendered to Sparta. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Jackie: This was my second time having lunch at The Athenian. As ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ turns 30, we revisit its famous Seattle locations 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z In 430 B.C., the plague of Athens killed one-quarter of the Athenian troops that were fighting in the Great Peloponnesian War. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z The minds of these Athenian grandees were probably in their various potentials not too different from the potentials of the cleverest of more recent times. Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Social divides and tension continued to be the essential reality of Athenian society. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Peloponnesian War ended with the fall of the city and the collapse of the Athenian empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Moira: Thirty years clearly means nothing at The Athenian, where “Sleepless in Seattle” is still a major presence, on the staff T-shirts and on a movie poster on the wall. As ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ turns 30, we revisit its famous Seattle locations 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The defeat ignited a series of successful revolts throughout the Athenian empire. Don't believe the hype: Ukraine is rapidly becoming another war gone wrong 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Once a richly forested site popular with Athenians for picnics and nature walks, Tatoi was ravaged by a wildfire about two years ago and had been mostly blackened and derelict ever since. Thousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Overall, about 40% of the population were native-born Athenians, of which half were men, and half were under 20, so only 10% of the actual population had political rights. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Since they were permitted to serve for just two one-year terms over a lifetime, many Athenians had the opportunity to participate in the executive branch of government. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Athenians’ respect for sortition is apparent in the ingenious design of their lottery machine, the kleroterion, which was used to select jurors. Citizens’ Assemblies Are Upgrading Democracy: Fair Algorithms Are Part of the Program 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z And so it was with Socrates, the hero of this book, who was told by the Oracle that he was the wisest among the Athenians. Review | Self-help philosophy, inspired by Socrates, that avoids hard questions 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The experience, she said, felt like it mirrored how tenuous life must have been for ancient Athenians as they grappled with the ever-present threat of war and the risk of losing their democracy. For Early Democracy, Theater Was a Catalyst 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The Athenians marched out to confront the Persians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z They vastly outnumbered the Athenians but were drafted subjects with little motivation to fight and die. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It’s a stone slab with a grid of slots, arranged in 10 vertical columns, corresponding to the 10 Athenian tribes. Citizens’ Assemblies Are Upgrading Democracy: Fair Algorithms Are Part of the Program 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Other Athenians were confident in their answers to important questions, but when pressed by Socrates they often left their conversations quite puzzled. Review | Self-help philosophy, inspired by Socrates, that avoids hard questions 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Plague of Athens was a disease caused by Yersinia pestis that killed one-quarter of Athenian troops in 430 BC. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The core of the Persian army, its Median and Persian cavalry, fought effectively against the Athenians, but once the Athenian wings closed in and forced back the infantry, the Persians were routed. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Persians could not withstand the Athenians’ spirited charge in the Battle of Marathon and were forced back onto their ships. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Athenian mode of government was unique in the region. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Socrates is quoted as saying that the Athenian celebrity was “wedded to stupidity,” but he couldn’t take his eyes off the gorgeous, rich and powerful young man. Review | Self-help philosophy, inspired by Socrates, that avoids hard questions 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The Plague of Athens was a disease caused by Yersinia pestis that killed one-quarter of Athenian troops in 430 BC. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z There is also a questionable statistic from Greek sources that it was more than that – as many as 60 Persians per Athenian. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z His questioning often embarrassed powerful people in Athens and made enemies, while his disciples included the politician Alcibiades and even some who had opposed Athenian democracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Athenians are happy in a way that members of other polities are not, says Pericles, so much so that Athens is worth defending in battle. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Many talks are presented in the Hall of Philosophy, a venue modeled on the Athenian Parthenon. Perspective | Salman Rushdie is expected to recover. Freedom of expression may not. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Although there was no explicit permission to cut sculptures off the Parthenon, Elgin apparently took an expansive view, carting off about half of the surviving sculptures on the Athenian citadel. The Robot Guerrilla Campaign to Recreate the Elgin Marbles 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Whatever the real number, it was a crushing victory for the Athenians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was likely the growing prosperity of Athenians in the eighth century that had set Athens on this path. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Aristophanes, an accomplished Athenian playwright, won several dramatic competitions of his day. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Instead, the Acropolis Museum’s director general, Nikolaos Stampolidis, issued a statement, read out in his absence, in which he described the Parthenon Marbles as representing a procession that symbolized Athenian democracy. Challenges of the Future Confront the Art World 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In time, these city-states became little more than provinces of a vast Athenian empire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A new Athenian general, Themistocles, convinced his countrymen to spend the proceeds of a silver mine they had discovered on a navy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Solon came from a wealthy elite family, but he made it known that he would draft laws to benefit all Athenians, rich and poor. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Plato and Aristotle are the most influential of the Athenian philosophers and have had a profound influence on the development of Western philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z By the sixth century B.C., however, the Athenians had overthrown monarchical rule, and they soon replaced it with what they called demokratia—literally, “rule by the people.” Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The prestige of victory over the Persians and the wealth of the Athenian empire set the stage for a dazzling burst of creativity in Athens. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The next year, in 479 BCE, a decisive battle was fought in central Greece by a Greek coalition led by the Spartans, followed by a Greek naval battle led by the Athenians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z All Athenians could appeal the ruling of a magistrate in court and have their cases heard by a jury of fellow citizens. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z These crimes were considered to be a kind of treason that undermined the legitimacy and future of Athenian democracy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z What remained of Athenian democracy was extinguished by the Romans who overran Greece in 146 B.C. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, only wealthier Athenian citizens could afford to hold public office. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Romans thus very consciously tried to copy the Greeks, especially the Athenians, for their skill at oratory. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept Solon’s reforms largely in place, and Athenians became accustomed to serving in Solon’s Council and in jury courts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The speech Socrates gave in his own defense to the Athenians, as recorded by Plato, remains a vivid and compelling defense of the sort of life he lived. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Two years ago, the Getty quietly acquired a tiny ancient amethyst, less than an inch high, masterfully engraved with a bust of bearded Athenian statesman Demosthenes, brow furrowed and eyes set. Review: The Getty Villa's gem of a Peter Paul Rubens show 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Pericles used the money from the league’s treasury to make the Athenian navy the strongest in the Mediterranean. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spartans took leadership of the land army that would block the Persians in the north while the Athenians attacked the Persian navy in the south. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He replaced the Council of Four Hundred with one of five hundred and reorganized the Athenians into ten new tribes, including in each one villages from different parts of Attica. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates claimed his daimon told him to philosophize so he could awaken the Athenian people. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The start of the race is near the battlefield where Athenians and their allies beat a far larger Persian army in 490 BC. Greece’s Gelaouzos wins first post-pandemic Athens Marathon 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Athenian military might allowed Pericles to treat other members of the Delian League as part of the empire. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One key development in Athenian politics arose from the fact that merchants and prosperous farmers could afford arms and armor but were shut out of political decision-making. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z This reform served to unite the Athenians, since each tribe consisted of people from different parts of Attica who now had to work together politically. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Together, father and son ate apricot leather from DeLaurenti, enjoyed lunch at the Athenian or Copacabana, noshed on deli pickles and nibbled raw rhubarb. How Seattle pulled together 50 years ago to preserve Pike Place Market — and the soul of the city 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z For the offense of corrupting Athenian youth, Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. Opinion | The woke mob runs into a college teacher who’s fighting back 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Without the league’s approval, he persuaded the Athenian assembly to vote huge sums of the league’s money to buy gold, ivory, and marble. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An increasing number of formerly-free Athenian citizens thus found themselves enslaved to pay off their debts to an aristocrat. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z All citizens could sit in the Athenian Assembly, which then was required to meet at least ten times a year. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Athenian assembly, the Roman Senate, the Magna Carta, the Plymouth Compact, and, finally, the Constitution were all structured around the rights of citizens and proscribing the authority of the collective. 55 statesmen revolutionized governance in creating Constitution 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Ariadne was the half-sister of the Minotaur, the monster used by her father to exact his revenge on the Athenians. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z His aristocratic father had led the Athenian assembly and fought at the Battle of Salamis in the Persian Wars. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pheidippides ran back to Athens with the bad news, but by then the Athenians were already engaged with the Persians. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenian soldiers, in contrast, were highly motivated to defend their democracy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Topanga landscape serves as a lovely stand-in for the Athenian woods, where four frenzied young lovers frolic at cross-purposes on a mystical night. Shakespeare made breezy: 'Midsummer' and 'Julius Caesar' at Theatricum Botanicum 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z The most famous work by Aristophanes is “The Frogs,” whose plot centers on a competition between the dead poets Euripides and Aeschylus over whose tragic plays are more inspiring for Athenians. Perspective | Whether it’s a Greek play or an American sitcom, nothing lasts forever 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z After the war, many Athenians lost confidence in democratic government and began to question their values. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the members of the League rose up in armed revolts, but the Athenians were able to crush the revolts with little difficulty. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stoics were so named because Zeno instructed his students in the stoa poikile, or “painted porch” in the Athenian agora. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Instead they brought the bad news on themselves, as their enemies took advantage of the military miscalculation and gradually slaughtered the Athenians and their allies. How lunar eclipses altered the course of history 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z The defeat triggered successful revolts throughout the Athenian empire. Unraveling of the American empire: A series of military debacles point toward a tragic end 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Draco developed a legal code based on the idea that all Athenians, rich and poor, were equal under the law. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparta was resentful and, in a way, fearful of Athenian power. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z How does the development of the Athenian political system over the course of the Archaic period compare to that of Sparta? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But it also invokes the ancient Athenian practice of ostracism and contemplates 2020-2021 quarantine with rolls of symbolic toilet paper. For the Arcanists, Inc., all the DMV is a stage — for installation and performance art 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The Athenian set up its first dark kitchen in Battersea, London, just before the pandemic hit. Deliveroo IPO puts London's tech credentials to the test 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z He organized all Athenian citizens into four social classes according to wealth. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spartans were unquestionably superior in land warfare, while the Athenians had a seemingly unstoppable navy. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenians abandoned their city and withdrew to the nearby island of Salamis, where they put their faith in their fleet to protect them. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z She compared the current state of Tapestry to how the Athenian general Themistocles once described the namesake fabric: “When you unfold it, it reveals all these woven threads, and it becomes beautiful.” Column: ‘Distanced in body but close in spirit’: this California church embraced remote worship 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z On balconies and in the streets, some Athenians emerged cautiously outside, snapping photos of the scene. Heavy snowfall blankets Athens; vaccinations postponed 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z However, all citizens, regardless of class, could participate in the Athenian assembly. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spartans and their allies repeatedly invaded Athenian territory, but the Athenians were smart enough to have built strong fortifications that held the Spartans off. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z After the Persian Wars, the Athenians took the lead in continuing the fight against Persia and liberating all Greek city-states. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Randomly assigning citizens to positions of political power has a history stretching back to ancient Greece, where the Athenians used the practice to select magistrates and members of their representative Council of Five Hundred. Jury duty for global warming: citizen groups help solve the puzzle of climate action 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z An enduring symbol of ancient Greece and Athenian democracy, the Parthenon was seriously damaged during a siege by the Venetians in 1687 when gunpowder stored at the temple was hit by a cannonball and exploded. New Acropolis lighting system brightens Athens' 'eternal compass' 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The reforms of Cleisthenes allowed Athenian citizens to participate in a limited democracy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The invasion turned into a nightmare for the Athenians, with every ship captured or sunk and almost every soldier killed or captured and sold into slavery; this dramatically weakened the Athenian military. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 449 BCE, Athens and Persia reached a peace settlement in which the Persians recognized the independence of Ionia and the Athenians agreed to stop aiding rebels in the Persian Empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In what State Department officials said was coincidental timing, Pompeo boarded a Greek frigate, the HS Salamis, named after a village where Athenian ships defeated the Persian navy in a battle in 480 B.C., Pompeo highlights warmer ties with Greece amid regional tensions with Turkey 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z He delights in the Athenian subway, where the stations are filled with treasures unearthed during the construction, and strives fruitlessly to book a ticket on the Yoga Express in India. Review | It’s been a rough year. Maybe these philosophers can help. 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z However, citizenship was restricted to a relatively small number of Athenians. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparta finally struck a decisive blow in 405 BCE by surprising the Athenian fleet in Anatolia and destroying it. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the course of this war, the money from the Delian League enriched many lower-class Athenians, who found employment as rowers in the fleet. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z We, like the Athenians in their war with Sparta, lost our will to fight as a nation -- if we ever had it. The Sun Belt warms to Trump 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t understand you Socrates, so I wish you’d ask someone who did,” says one exhausted Athenian. Review | It’s been a rough year. Maybe these philosophers can help. 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Even so, most women had very little to do with Athenian life outside the boundaries of family and home. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Spartans and Athenians led the Greek poleis to victory against the Persians in the Persian War, it was a shock to the entire region of the Mediterranean and Middle East. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Around 437 BCE, the Athenians began using tribute to rebuild the temples on the Acropolis that the Persians had destroyed. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Forty-five, with a trim athlete’s body, Mr. Loaiza worked as a physical trainer for the San Antonio Athenians, a semipro women’s soccer team. Opinion | When the Threat of Eviction Meets the Threat of the Virus 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z A bust of the great Athenian statesman, Pericles, who built the Parthenon and governed during its golden age of educational and cultural achievement sits proudly in my office. Victoria records 17 coronavirus deaths on Australia's deadliest day of pandemic so far 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z However, Athenians avoided major political upheavals by making timely reforms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, the great irony is that the most glorious age of Athenian democracy and philosophy was funded by the extraction of wealth from its fellow Greek cities. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The large and sumptuous Parthenon, seen here as it is today, was built on the Athenian Acropolis in the fifth century BCE in honor of Athena. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The famous centres of antiquity were “far less grandiose” — Athenian assemblies, for example, debated in the open air. How did ancient cities weather crises? 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z My goal is always the Pnyx, where the ancient Athenians assembled to debate. Postcards from a nervous world: Tales from the other side of the shutdowns 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Athenians debated how best to defend their city. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenians, in turn, attacked Spartan settlements and positions overseas and used their navy to bring in supplies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Peloponnesian League and requested that Sparta, the leader of this league, take action against Athenian aggression. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z As the Athenian statesman Solon says in one of the oldest observations on tyranny, "The people fall through ignorance under the slavish rule of one man." Is Donald Trump a tyrant? It depends — Euripides would say no, but Aristotle might say yes 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Over five years and three successive outbreaks, the plague would, however, ultimately claim more Athenian lives than the war. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z His mother was the niece of Cleisthenes, the Athenian noble who had introduced important democratic reforms. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At that point, the Athenians were on the defensive. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The roots of Athenian democracy are long and deep, however, and its democratic institutions evolved over centuries before reaching their fullest expression in the fifth century BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “I’m bracing myself for a good few queries about the very prominent copy of the speeches of the ancient Athenian orator Lysias, standing out on my own shelves.” Margaret Atwood to showcase gothic puppet show for Mary Beard 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The Athenians first suspected that the Spartans had poisoned their reservoirs. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The fact that Athenians could listen to criticism of themselves showed the freedom and openness of public discussion that existed in democratic Athens. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In 499 BCE several Ionian Greek poleis rose against the Persians and successfully secured Athenian aid. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z However, as the rising prosperity of Athenians stalled and economic hardship loomed by the end of the century, the durability of the fledgling democracy seemed in doubt. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And his political hero has long been the ancient Athenian leader, Pericles, whose bust sits in his office in 10 Downing Street. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Given the pandemic at hand, it's remarkable that Athenians were still staging plays at all. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z They swept over the countryside, burning the Athenian food supply. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When Pericles rose to be a dominant voice in Athenian politics, the system remained in place that had been set up by Cleisthenes. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Solon also made it law that no Athenian could be sold into slavery for failure to repay a loan. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Commentators today have drawn parallels between the responses of Athenians - ranging from the heroic to the contemptible - and those of valiant NHS staff and scared panic-buyers today. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z According to classical scholar Katherine Kelaidis, "The Great Plague of Athens wrote the first chapter in the end of Athenian democracy." From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The city was safe from hunger as long as ships could sail into port with supplies from Athenian colonies and foreign states. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Athenian democratic experiment is, of course, of great historical importance, but it was relatively short-lived, with democratic government not returning to the western world until the end of the eighteenth century CE. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 421 BCE, after ten years of war, the Spartans and Athenians agreed to the Peace of Nicias, which kept the Athenian empire intact. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Athenians survived the plague of 430 BC with astonishing resilience. What Boris Johnson's Greek hero teaches us about epidemics 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Prytany — named for the presidential office of Greece’s Athenian senate — is a nonpartisan site that Tavlarides said is designed for political discourse and fundraising. Perspective | Disrupting the political landscape, one donation at a time 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z These were radical and dangerous ideas to many Athenians. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From the birth of the Republic — indeed, from the birth of Athenian democracy — it has been an article of faith that self-governance cannot survive without leaders of character. Opinion | This vulgar man has squandered our decency 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In 405 BCE, the new Spartan fleet destroyed the Athenian navy at the Battle of Aegospotami in the Hellespont. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Here the party that promises technocratic management of American health care, energy and finance proved less able to tally votes even than the ancient Athenians. Editorial Roundup: US 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “It’s gonna be neat when it premieres because Athenians are going to recognize the streets, the businesses, and of course, lots of local extras are in the film as well,” Crafts said. Filmmakers choose Athens for slasher comedy 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z There, 10,000 Athenians, neatly arranged in phalanxes, waited for them. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last decade, Berlin rents have risen more than a hundred per cent, and for Athenians like Anna, the city is a cautionary tale. The Attack on Exarchia, an Anarchist Refuge in Athens 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The philosophical schools of Plato and Aristotle, the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides, the plays of Athenian dramatists, and the art of Greek sculptors, architects, and painters have inspired European thinkers and artists for centuries. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z An Athenian amphora from around 530 bc, on display at the British Museum in Troy: Myth and Reality.Credit: 2020 in science and culture: Nature’s pick of the listings 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Athenian democracy made varied use of policy juries, citizens' assemblies or “deliberative mini-publics,” as academics now call them. From ancient Athens to the town hall: Can a new wave of deliberative democracy save the world? 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z In contrast, Athenian casualties numbered fewer than 200. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the ferocity of the onetime Athenian freedom fighter created a dramatic intensity with an incomparable sonic visceral punch. Review: The ever-sprightly step of Monday Evening Concerts, full of surprises after 80 years 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Sparta and its allies first fought the Athenian empire in the Peloponnesian War. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Athenians participated in dramas inspired by public debates as well as mythology. Relax, Devin Nunes — theater is essential to politics 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z A mathematician friend ran his classes like those in an Athenian agora: pupils discussed every statement in the textbook until all were satisfied. Stop the science training that demands ‘don’t ask’ 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Though the Athenians won the battle, their city now stood defenseless. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Anonymous also cites Marcus Aurelius and Plato and directly compares Trump to a fifth-century Greek, Cleon, a “prominent Athenian” who “inherited money from his father and leveraged it to launch a career in politics”. Trump proposed sending undocumented migrants to Guantánamo, anonymous book claims 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z What Athenian leader played an instrumental role in the founding of a democracy in Athens in the late sixth century BCE? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A record 20,041 runners lined up at the start in the village of Marathon, near the battlefield where Athenians and their allies beat a far larger Persian army in 490 BC. Veteran Kenyan Komen wins Athens Marathon 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z But on that site, the federal government commissioned a majestic building whose columned exterior evoked Athenian democracy and whose Grand Rotunda recalled republican Rome. 5 New York Buildings That Changed American History 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z He brought news of the Persian defeat so that Athenians would not give up the city without a fight. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The original midnight adventure, Shakespeare’s most enchanting comedy follows four Athenian lovers as they are manipulated by a herd of forest fairies intent on causing mischief. Top 10 books about the night 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z In larger groups, like national and international governance, I think that it is worth returning to the Athenian method of selecting representatives: by random selection, rather than by election. Voting could be the problem with democracy 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Unlike your local Athenian, Golden Diner tops its enormous, fluffy pancakes with salted honey-maple butter instead of syrup, in homage to a popular South Korean potato-chip flavor. Golden Diner Updates the Greasy-Spoon Tradition 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The Athenian institution of ostracism originated in the need to expel individuals who threatened the balance of power. Nietzsche’s Eternal Return 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Themistocles, an Athenian leader, convinced them to evacuate the city and fight at sea. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of years ago, the Athenian statesman Pericles defined democracy as providing for the many, not the few. Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “The ancient Athenians were as crazy about sport as modern Americans are,” Hutchins wrote. In 1939, the University of Chicago made one of college football’s boldest plays: It quit. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The Athenian philosopher Plato claimed we are like prisoners in a cave whose only clues about the outside world are shadows on a wall. Takis: his eye-popping and eerily beautiful magnetic marvels defined an era 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z We learn how, in fifth-century bc Greece, Persian troops crumbled when a coalition of Athenians and Spartans forced them into marshlands before the Battle of Plataea. Mosquitoes, war and power 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z In a speech honoring the Athenian war dead, Pericles expressed his great pride in Athenian democracy: World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The American system has proved the Athenians right. Trump, Pelosi, and the Squad Are Fighting Over Who Belongs in Government 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z "Yes, me too," says an Athenian walking past, apparently unfazed by the idea of an insect talking to him from a drain. The chatty cockroach getting Greeks to open up 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z The Athenian plays with a smile on his face, but in reaching the Madrid final, beating Nadal en route, he proved again that for all the flair, he knows how to look after himself. Eight men to watch at the French Open 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The image, first printed in an Athenian newspaper after a visit to Greece by the Turkish president in December 2017, was later republished by Afrika under the caption: “Through Greek eyes.” Northern Cyprus judge acquits two journalists of insulting Erdoğan 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z In Aeschylus’s telling, deities called the Furies show up to goad more blood-for-blood, and eventually the goddess Athena arrives to help humans create law and order — a pivotal new concept in the fledgling Athenian democracy. 5 things to know to know about the ‘The Oresteia,’ the seldom-seen fountainhead of drama 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Over the course of the day conversation spans the work of Athenian historian Thucydides, the trial of Mexican drug dealer El Chapo, the proper etiquette of Polo, and one of his boyhood heroes, Robin Hood. 'Don't teach me democracy!': an uneasy audience with Indonesia's Prabowo 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z They started up conversations between the cockroach and Athenians, then got individuals to continue debates with other passers-by - about politics, the economy and the environment. The chatty cockroach getting Greeks to open up 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z After their ruinous experience with demagogues like Cleon, Athenians ultimately addressed the reign of demagogues not through plays but through constitutional punishments. Perspective | Yes, Trump is undignified. Demagogues have to be. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z In the 4th century BC, Aristotle was running a school for rich, young Athenian men, who could have spent their days vying for public honors or indulging their every desire. Pro tip from Aristotle: Living your best life isn’t the best way to live 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z At Athenian Burgers No. 3, inside another Buena Park strip mall, the suicide breakfast burrito may not logically be what you’d expect after a sauna and a scrub, but why not? When spa food means a sauna and a bowl of galbi jjim 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z His breve bid for the presidency will restore in the United States the ideals of Athenian democracy — or at least give us a good Greek yogurt parfait. Opinion | Howard Schultz brings a whole latte trouble 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z “Oh, O.K. It’s very complicated. But I adore this moment of the Greek, of Athenian life. O.K.” A New Film Offers a Multitude of Answers to the Question “What Is Democracy?” 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z What kinds of fermented goods, I wonder, were sold in the Athenian agora, and what kinds of political conversations did they provoke? Fermentation is back: how will living organisms reshape your plate? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Visitors do all the rowing on the Olympias’ two-hour-long public trips, conducted near Salamis island where, in 480 B.C., outnumbered Athenian triremes vanquished a Persian armada in one of the world’s most famous sea engagements. Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z With his seventeen-year-old niece, he approaches the task in an Athenian spirit, drawing up reading lists to support intellectual and ethical growth. Luca Guadagnino’s Cinema of Desire 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The Dionysia festival, an annual Athenian version of Pacific Standard Time, awarded him an ivy wreath for a play whose title and text are long since lost to history. Stuck inside of Stockholm with the Nobel blues again - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world,” Socrates insisted. Review: 'Ai Weiwei: Life Cycle' brings tradition and transformation to the Marciano Art Foundation - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z After the play, we went around the corner to the Athenian Room, a homey Greek restaurant with low brick arches. Carrie Coon’s Existential Journey to TV Stardom 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, that was one of the reasons it worked as a comedy - and made for the perfect vehicle for the playwright to criticise the Athenian government at the time. What difference would an all-female government make? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z In the sixth century bc, Athenian statesman Solon saw old age reductively, as the last of ten life stages, each seven years long. Longevity examined: an ancient Greek’s very modern views on ageing 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s the same phenomenon that we find in the Athenian intellectual’s idealization of Sparta: intellectuals always dream of a closed society even though they themselves can exist only in an open one. What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z There was a moment, at the height of the Greek debt crisis in July 2015, when many Athenians went to sleep expecting to wake up in a different country. Opinion | Greece offers a glimpse of life after populism 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Though not without its potshots at Athenian society and the Peloponnesian War, the original was a nimble romp that ended on a note of reconciliation. In 'Lysistrata Unbound,' the women go to war against war 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Near the central train station, Greek tavernas and cafes are filled with cosmopolitan young Greeks sipping frappé coffee and puffing on rolled cigarettes, a scene reminiscent of any Athenian square. Greece May Be Turning a Corner. Greeks Who Fled Are Staying Put. 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z This slice of Athenian reality is a reminder that, although theory and practice are both words with Greek roots, they do not always march in step in this part of the world. Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z As Gaddis recounts, Megara was a “molehill” at the northeastern end of the Corinthian isthmus whose citizens “had long feuded with the Athenians, while posing no military threat to the larger city.” Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The central institution of the first democracy was the Athenian assembly, where all important civic decisions were put to a vote. Twitter is the modern public square. So can the president block you? | Katie Fallow 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Athenians believed it was fairer than elections, which they knew could be bought by the rich. Virginia’s Tiebreaker Drawing Is Back On. But It May Not Settle House Race. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The Athenian museum is exhibiting for the first time, in partnership with the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection, a stunning display of 85 ancient coins from around the Mediterranean basin, Asia Minor and Central Asia. Lessons from ancient Greek coinage 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z As the conquering Athenians said to the cornered Melians in Thucydides’s account of the Peloponnesian war, “The strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must.” Events in Catalonia and Kurdistan are causing pangs in Taiwan 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z “Instead Pericles,” the Athenian leader, philosopher and orator, “convinced himself that he couldn’t concede a molehill — the Megarian decree — without a mountainous loss of credibility.” Review | How great leaders make good and terrible military decisions 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Modern America is only loosely based on Athenian democracy. Twitter is the modern public square. So can the president block you? | Katie Fallow 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The Athenians had equal rights, an equal voice in the assembly, and they voted in “demes” – small geographic units. ‘We are with you Catalunya’ – the revolt in Spain is bigger than flags and language 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Now, the neighborhood includes an enticing mix of stores and restaurants — both of which appeal to Athenians with good taste in fashion and food. null 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z From the 1950s, under legislation since criticised as shortsighted and controversial, Athenians were encouraged to hand over their family homes in exchange for apartments in the multi-storey concrete blocks that replaced them. Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens' modern heritage 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z On Thursday, he met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and presented his vision for Europe in a speech at the site of the ancient Athenian assembly, seen as an enduring icon of democracy worldwide. France’s Macron urges greater European investment in Greece 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z From the earliest days of Athenian democracy, the Pnyx was a meeting place for popular assemblies. Emmanuel Macron to outline vision for Europe’s future in Athens speech 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z What I saw in El Clot, and in the other districts, corresponds so closely to the original Athenian form of democracy that the parallel is worth exploring. ‘We are with you Catalunya’ – the revolt in Spain is bigger than flags and language 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The magnanimous man tries to master the profession of statecraft because he believes, with the Athenian ruler Solon, that the well-governed city “makes all things wise and perfect in the world of men.” Chest-thumping vs. honor and nobility 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z She shows that part of the answer concerns the social roles for women that are modelled in Athenian tragedy. Found in translation: how women are making the classics their own 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z But a heatwave is on its way and a weekend stroll will be far from idyllic for Athenians and tourists alike. Greek rubbish strike causes stink - BBC News 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z For a man who's been dead for more than 2,000 years, the Ancient Athenian historian Thucydides is proving surprising relevant. The White House, Wonder Woman and What to Know About Thucydides 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z But they still face the same problem the Athenians did; whereas ancient Athens had slaves and disenfranchised women, the Catalans have a million foreign residents who can’t vote. ‘We are with you Catalunya’ – the revolt in Spain is bigger than flags and language 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The Athenians ended up making endless enemies and destroying their own empire. The axis of selfishness 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z While Sophocles is better remembered for writing “Antigone” and “Oedipus Rex,” he was also a general in the Athenian Army and lived during the decades-long Peloponnesian War. Opinion | U.S. Veterans Use Greek Tragedy to Tell Us About War 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Mayor Kaminis said the local authorities were cooperating with residents “to rejuvenate the area,” and insisted that Exarchia residents had the same rights as all Athenians. Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “Punish them as they deserve, and teach your other allies by a striking example that the penalty of rebellion is death,” said the Athenian leader Cleon during the Peloponnesian War. Perspective | Why would Assad use sarin in a war he’s winning? To terrify Syrians. 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The tax dollars of ancient Athenians and Romans built roads and aqueducts, but they also provided free meals to widows whose husbands died in war. Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Thucydides had the strutting Athenians sneer at the vanquished Melians that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”. Trump’s lies are not the problem. It’s the millions who swallow them who really matter | Nick Cohen 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Socrates compares the lazy, inert Athenian state to a tired old steed and his own interrogation and urging of Athenian citizens to the buzzing of a gadfly. What Martin Luther King Jr. Drew From the Ancient Greeks 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Yet the Athenian democracy, which functioned by holding the equivalent of a referendum every nine days, was quite as capable of taking disastrous wrong turns as its modern counterparts. Beyoncé to Black Mirror; the culture that defines 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The historical details are hazy, but we know that Socrates was there, along with the playwright Aristophanes and other Athenian notables. The Art of Partying, From Socrates to Capote 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z In one of the earliest known instances, Greek comic writer Aristophanes thumbed his nose at Athenian political elites in The Acharnians for their handling of the Peloponnesian War. Hamilton vs Trump: The long history of political protest in the theatre - BBC News 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Standing under the building’s tall Athenian columns, they took to voicing fears about the hatred and racism in their community and across the country. The Activists of Crimson Tide Country 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Like the fly, he may be annoying, but – Socrates argued – Athenian citizens needed such pestering in order to be stirred into action and improve their lives. What Martin Luther King Jr. Drew From the Ancient Greeks 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z No one could be as merciless towards Athenian democracy as an Athenian intellectual. Beyoncé to Black Mirror; the culture that defines 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Jefferson’s cultural inheritance – Athenian liberty, Anglo-Saxon freedom – did not preserve the United States from creating a slave republic. There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Indeed, the Founding Fathers were not that keen on the Athenian example of direct democracy and absolute equality at all. The Tensions in American Democracy Date Back to 508 B.C. 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z While compensating citizens for lost time made participation possible for more people, Athenian democracy was also quite restricted in certain ways. What Modern Democracies Didn’t Copy From Ancient Greece 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Over these decades, the playwright Aristophanes raised Athenian comedy to its greatest heights. When the Enemy Is at the Gates 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z These days, disputes are settled peaceably at the ballot box, and there is no real party system in the Tynwald, which some citizens see as a modern form of Athenian democracy. Isle of Man, Flourishing in Britain’s Shadow, Faces Pivotal Vote 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In the chill of battle, we forged a grand narrative about Athenian democracy, the Magna Carta, Copernican revolution, and so on. There is no such thing as western civilisation | Kwame Anthony Appiah 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Make the mathematically gifted draw an elephant, speak a foreign language, and write an essay on the lessons from Athenian democracy for contemporary U.S. politics. Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z By the fifth century, Athenians voted by hand-raising or with small bronze tokens. What Modern Democracies Didn’t Copy From Ancient Greece 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z One shining example is the Athenians of two millennia ago. When the Enemy Is at the Gates 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z This is the so-called “Thucydides Trap”, a reference to the Athenian historian’s account of the seemingly inevitable conflict between the rising city-state of Athens and the status quo power Sparta in the fifth century BC. Obama’s failed ‘Asian pivot’ leaves China ascendant | Simon Tisdall 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Countless speeches and documents draw a direct line from ancient Athenian democracy to the present-day EU, celebrating 2,500 years of European freedom and democracy. Isis is as much an offshoot of our global civilisation as Google 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Supposedly the 5th-century orator Antiphon ran a “consolation booth” in the center of the Athenian agora for people who were bereaved. How losing can bring an emotional windfall 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z In other ways, however, Athenian democracy was far more inclusive and transparent than the modern American system. What Modern Democracies Didn’t Copy From Ancient Greece 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z If the Athenians drew strength from comedy, Parisians in similar straits found solace in art and poetry. When the Enemy Is at the Gates 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “The Messenians fought with the Athenians against their Spartan neighbors, and the city was really built as a fortress.” Greece’s Chicest New (and Very Old) Beach Destination 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Athenian democracy was a half-hearted experiment that survived for barely 200 years in a small corner of the Balkans. Isis is as much an offshoot of our global civilisation as Google 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z In the 3rd Century, Philostratus the Athenian wrote in his Gymnastikos that Leonidas's versatility disproved all received wisdom about athletic training and body types. Who, What, Why: Who was Leonidas of Rhodes? - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The achievements of Leonidas rely on somewhat sketchier accounts, provided much later by Philostratus the Athenian and Pausanias who hailed the runner's 12 victories through four Olympiads. Swimming: Move over Leonidas, here comes Michael Phelps 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z For the Athenian Players’ debut performance at the theater set for November, Long selected “Verdi Gris.” New theater to provide a boost for Decatur’s art scene 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Items are clustered to illustrate features of Athenian democracy — including the ability to ostracize a disappointing public official for 10 years — and the original Olympics. Journey through 5,000 years of Greek culture at National Geographic Museum 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z So did the Athenians under the laws of Solon, which required every boy to learn to swim. Five Millennia of Swimming Pools 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z One way to approach such an issue is to mimic the bold move of the Athenian leader Solon in the 6th century BCE. Pension Holders Need a New Retirement Plan, Not Stock Tips 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Demagogues have been a problem for democracy for 25 centuries, at least since the populist Cleon persuaded his fellow Athenians to slaughter every man in the city of Mytilene as punishment for a failed revolt. What History Teaches Us About Demagogues Like The Donald 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z As for her own pursuit of happiness, she refers to a quote attributed to the Athenian statesman Solon: “Count no man happy until he is dead.” In Pursuit of Political Equality 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The biggest demagogue was the Athenian general Cleon, described by fellow general and historian Thucydides as “the most violent man in Athens.” How Anti-Trade Nativism Wrecked the Ancient Greeks 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z But Draco, an Athenian legislator who advocated hanging for the most minor crime, was a cruel man well ahead of his time – 7th century BC, in fact. Tyson Fury’s demons keep prodding him into the theatre of the absurd | Kevin Mitchell 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z "Our mission, dear friends, is bigger than Brazil itself. We represent all the peoples of South America," he told a crowd of several thousand Athenians. The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Wednesday, 100 days before the opening ceremony 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “Our mission, dear friends, is bigger than Brazil itself. We represent all the peoples of South America,” he told a crowd of several thousand Athenians. Rio gets Olympic flame 100 days before games 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z She went on to earn a Ph.D. in classics at Cambridge University, where she studied Athenian democracy, and then completed a second doctoral degree in government at Harvard. In Pursuit of Political Equality 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Athens slowly turned the alliance into a common market in which Athenian coins, weights and measures became the norm, a kind of ancient euro. How Anti-Trade Nativism Wrecked the Ancient Greeks 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The partnership making the investments was created in the Cayman Islands in 2007 and dubbed Pericles Emerging Market Investors, borrowing the name of the ancient Athenian statesman and general. Inside Trump adviser Manafort’s world of politics and global financial dealmaking 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z The result is an increasingly cosmopolitan generation that would well relate to Socrates' assertion that he was "not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." The Foreign Policy Message Millennials Need 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Thousands of Athenians responded to a collection drive with medicine, blankets and food. Greeks share what little they have with refugees and migrants 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The Symposium, Plato Plato frames the Symposium as a series of speeches about love delivered by ancient Athenian luminaries — Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Socrates and others. Heartbroken? Here’s a reading list to wallow in this Valentine’s Day. 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Athenians also threw their weight around abroad and bought up property that was supposed to be for locals only. How Anti-Trade Nativism Wrecked the Ancient Greeks 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Coates’s firmest ground is amid the ruins of the Parthenon, the clearest symbol of Athenian democracy and the author’s most convincing case study. Ted Cruz’s top foreign policy adviser has written a book. It’s about art history. 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Plato famously said, “What the Athenians borrow from others they perfect.” Can the Right Geographic Conditions Help Create Geniuses? Appointment by lot dates back to ancient Greece, when the Athenians used the lottery machine or kleroterion to select which of its citizens should govern the republic. A Point of View: Who should sit in the House of Lords? - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z He may be a 5th century Athenian sculptor, Pheidias, or even the God Hephaistos, whose leg was injured when he was tossed off Mount Olympus as a baby. With ‘Power and Pathos,’ National Gallery enters its own bronze age 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s an updating of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” in which Athenian women wage a sex strike against their warrior men to end the Peloponnesian War. Review: Spike Lee’s blistering ‘Chi-Raq’ burns with rage 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Plato was deeply hostile to atheism, and presents his Athenian legislating against those who disbelieve in gods, in their ability to affect our world, or in the efficacy of religious institutions. Modern Atheism Isn't Actually All That New 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Kane is famous for its proximity to the sea battle of Arginusae, at which the Athenians defeated the Spartans in part due to tactical innovations such as doubling the lines of ships. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Athenians gather to leave flowers and candles outside the Embassy of France. Paris attacks: French terrorist named as vigils held around world – as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z According to Max Radin, a historian of ancient city-states, members of Athenian political clubs would back each other in lawsuits against their rivals. Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z When they looked back to their origins, they imagined that the first Athenians sprang directly out of the soil of Athens itself. Ancient Rome and Today’s Migrant Crisis 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z I am often reminded, when I read of “new” atheism, of the words of the Athenian stranger in Plato’s final work, The Laws. Modern Atheism Isn't Actually All That New 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “It destroyed the morale of Athenian commanders and led indirectly to total defeat a year later,” says Barry Strauss, who studies ancient history at Cornell University. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Athenians gather to leave flowers and candles outside the Embassy of France. Paris attacks: French terrorist named as vigils held around world – as it happened 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z After Sunday’s general elections it was not lost on many: Athenians saw in the tempest a perfect metaphor, an omen even, that the old was finally being washed away. Tsipras savours election win but dark clouds are gathering over Greece 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The Athenians rigidly restricted the rights of citizenship, eventually insisting that people should have both a citizen father and a citizen mother to qualify. Ancient Rome and Today’s Migrant Crisis 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z But he finds the modern Athenian variant less interesting than the classical one, in which silver tongues constructed entirely new versions of reality. What the classics know 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The Athenians' vengeance ultimately contributed to their downfall, agrees Cambridge University’s Paul Cartledge. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The Athenian one brought its oligarchy on itself. Will history repeat itself so that oligarchy gives way to tyranny? 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z When the leaders of Melos refused, the Athenians slaughtered the island's men and sold its women and children into slavery. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Rome was never a democracy in the Athenian sense. Ancient Rome and Today’s Migrant Crisis 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Praxis, a local welfare group, claims that some desperate Athenian families are sending children to live with better-off relatives in other provinces or even giving them up for adoption. What the classics know 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The battle of Arginusae was a bittersweet victory for the Athenians. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z On Friday morning, Athenians appeared to be digesting the details of the proposal and what it might mean to their pocketbooks. Greek leader tries to sell reform plan to lawmakers and Europeans 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In Athenian history, Draco was a politician who codified the city-state's laws in the 7th century BC, but the punishments, though impartial, were resented as overly harsh. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Beneath pink Athenian skies, both the "yes" and "no" sides held massive rallies Friday evening in a final push before a mandatory day free of campaigning on the eve of the vote. In Athens district where the view is leftist, the word is 'no' 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z In another interview this morning with an Athenian radio station, the Greek finance minister appeared to acknowledge those concerns saying: “Until Monday there will not be a problem at ATM’s.” Greek debt crisis: Varoufakis says deal is in the offing - live 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Though they defeated the Spartans, soon afterward a storm made it impossible to rescue the Athenians whose ships had been destroyed. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z This is not to say those views are fair, or have more weight than Greek suffering, only that a morality tale of wicked, bullying Europe and heroic Athenian resistance doesn’t illuminate what is going on. The European Union is not a conspiracy against democracy | Rafael Behr 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Half a dozen Athenian men of pensionable age are chain-smoking under an awning, enjoying mezze dishes, alongside small carafes of red wine. 'Just not this Europe': What Greeks really think - BBC News 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Athenians everywhere wore looks of anxiety, despite a pleasantly cool summer day. Greeks Line Up for Money and Stock Up on Goods as Cash Rationing Starts 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z In another interview this morning with an Athenian radio station, the Greek finance minister appeared to acknowledge those concerns saying: “Until Monday there will not be a problem at ATM’s.” Greek debt crisis: Varoufakis says deal is in the offing - live 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z When the victorious Athenian generals returned home, the citizens voted to execute them for failing to rescue these soldiers. Lost Island of Ancient Greece Discovered in Aegean Sea 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Not only was the famed historian Thucydides, who chronicled the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, a witness to the Athenian disease, he also contracted it himself and survived. Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z To that end, Athenians are planning to hold another rally in the capital on Monday calling for Greece to stay in the euro. Greece may offer more in debt talks as clock ticks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, none of these peoples produced anything equivalent to Athenian democracy, comic theatre, philosophical logic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z When Mr Nutter took office in 2008 he swore, unusually, the Athenian oath, and had it printed on the back of his business card. Hard graft endangered 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The view, especially with the angelic Athenian light, was better than the space, which was bereft of personal effects and ached with the drabness of ’70s-era bureaucracy. A Finance Minister Fit for a Greek Tragedy? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Kazanjian argued that no other disease matches the features of the Athenian disease as well as Ebola does; however, he said, “my study does not answer this question definitively.” Was Ebola the culprit in the ancient Plague of Athens? 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z No one knows precisely when the Athenian coffers will contain nothing but moths and lint. The Greek Plot Thickens; Now There's A Threat Of IMF Default 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Chartist leaders were inspired by the Athenian democratic revolution. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z In the 6th century BC, the Athenian ruler Peisistratus decreed that soldiers disabled in battle should be “maintained at the public charge”. The Real Reasons So Many People in Rich Countries Need State Handouts 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z An anecdote from a later classical author about the Athenian legislator Solon, a contemporary of Sappho’s and one of the Seven Sages of Greece, is typical: How Gay Was Sappho? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Or to put it another way, it may be reasonable for Athenians to party tonight. Greece saved from disaster - for two days 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The ancient Athenians lacked any sort of formal educational system whatsoever - though somehow or other most of them learned to read and write and count. Viewpoint: Would Athenian-style democracy work in the UK today? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z This position has more in common with the Athenians’ assertion that “the strong do as they will and the weak do as they must” than the Golden Rule. Dick Cheney and Antonin Scalia Dismiss Moral High Ground in Torture Debate 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The ancient Athenians during the golden age in the 5th century B.C. — first, at least in recorded history — asked questions about the very nature and meaning of cities. Guest: As Seattle grows, will the community and character stay? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But he cited the ancient Athenian leader Pericles, who once said in a funeral oration for the dead warriors of Athens that “the whole earth is their sepulcher.” British Museum Loans Disputed Greek Artifact to Russia, Angering Greece 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Some Athenians said they saw little hope that another strike would bring change. General strike shuts down services across Greece 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Formal Athenian democratic politics, moreover, drew no such modern distinctions between the executive, legislative and judicial branches or functions of government as are enshrined in modern democratic constitutions. Viewpoint: Would Athenian-style democracy work in the UK today? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z But it’s in the expansion of mattering that Goldstein sees moral progress, which she attributes in no small part to the philosophers who followed in the Athenian’s wake. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: ‘Science is our best answer, but it takes a philosophical argument to prove that’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The ancient Athenians, who invented formal democracy, also conjured up the concepts of “equality before the law” and “an equal right to speak.” Liberty, equality aren’t mutually exclusive The process feels like a throwback to a more primitive form of American or even Athenian Democracy, but the system is actually a thoroughly modern creation. Iowa's visceral brand of democracy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z And there we have the essence of a philosophical squabble about the possibility of human objectivity that is as alive in modern newsrooms as it was in the Athenian agora. How can journalists be objective when writing about dead children? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In short, ancient Athenian democracy was very far from our liberal democracy. Viewpoint: Would Athenian-style democracy work in the UK today? 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The Olympic Games are as ancient a Greek tradition as the Athenian concept of democracy. Can video games be sports? 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The ancient Athenians, for instance, and the early modern Americans, focused on political and social equality. Liberty, equality aren’t mutually exclusive "Pasok is no different from New Democracy," the Athenian student said. Greek voters see gap with Europe 2014-05-10T05:07:14Z These days, 16 of Workable’s 18 employees fill a grander, yet still conspicuously relaxed office space on two floors in the plush Athenian district of Psychico. Tech Start-Ups Bloom in Recession-Hit Greece 2014-03-20T16:29:23Z The "Athenian Empire"? That didn't even begin to rise until at least two years after the events that the movie focuses on - the sea-battles of Artemisium and Salamis, both fought in 480 BC. Five historical errors in the new 300 film 2014-03-08T10:19:45Z The ship, Plutarch writes, was preserved by the Athenians, who “took away the old planks as they decayed, putting in new and stronger timber in their place.” The Mammoth Cometh 2014-02-27T10:00:19Z A pupil, Daniel Gornak, 8, answered, “Because Athena gave more uses than Poseidon did, and more healthy things for Athenians,” and Ms. Wenger lauded his methods in consulting his marble notebook for the facts. New York, Early Champion of Common Core Standards, Joins Critics 2014-02-17T01:24:37Z Command then passed to the less talented Nicias, the invasion was a disaster and the Athenians later lost the war. Why do people put traffic cones on statues? 2013-11-13T12:23:09Z The historian Plutarch tells a moving story about the thousands of Athenian soldiers held prisoner in roasting Syracusan quarries after a disastrous campaign in 413 BC. How did ancient Greek music really sound? 2013-10-22T23:41:13Z She started to help at the clinic after seeing fellow Athenians suffering day after day on the streets and on TV. Greece's life-saving austerity medics 2013-07-10T11:04:34Z The original marathon runner Pheidippides, chosen for his athleticism to deliver a message of the Athenian victory over the Persians, dropped dead after his 26 miles. On the eve of the London Marathon, I'm ready for the biblical task ahead 2013-04-20T07:00:39Z He also noted that the average Athenian from 1000 B.C. would rank among the smartest and most emotionally stable in today’s society. Human Beings Are Getting Dumber 2012-11-15T10:55:00Z But inside that hillock lie the remains of the Athenians who fought and died at Marathon. Five great places of history 2012-10-12T08:50:12Z Mr. Fishkin believes a better option is a technique he calls deliberative polling, a modern spin on Athenian democracy. Way of the World: Governing Effectively, at Any Size 2012-10-04T14:40:06Z While Athenians can enjoy browsing in the expensive deli that has replaced the souvlaki outlet in the square, the majority of Spetsiots can no longer afford to eat in local restaurants. Spetses, the tycoons' playground where gulf between rich and poor grows wider 2012-08-25T11:50:04Z Nobody knows how many of them will open again when Athenians return. The euro and Greece: Postcard from the edge 2012-08-09T15:01:03Z But the play becomes an elite debacle only once the Athenian ruling caste abandons Timon. Timon of Athens: the power of money 2012-07-20T14:58:20Z The most notable was Themistocles, who fought against Darius's invading army at Marathon and masterminded the Athenian victory against Xerxes at Salamis. Alexander the not so Great 2012-07-14T23:09:26Z Athenian sports paper Sport Day topped their front page with “Bankrupt Them” on Friday morning. Soccer Diplomacy 2012-06-22T23:35:00Z Moneyed Athenians have largely switched to the European-style Greek wines that have started winning admirers. Spetses, the tycoons' playground where gulf between rich and poor grows wider 2012-08-25T11:50:04Z When one Athenian contestant in the fourth century BC was caught red-handed attempting to bribe his rivals in the pentathlon, a fine was imposed. The Olympics – ancient and modern 2012-06-22T21:55:22Z And the museum says its Parthenon sculptures, displayed in the same building as relics of so many other civilisations, are "an important representation of ancient Athenian civilisation in the context of world history." Marbles activists ponder strategy 2012-06-21T01:42:33Z Falling foul of Athenian politics, he fled to the Persian Empire and eventually found employment at the Persian Court and was made a provincial governor, where he lived out the rest of his life. Alexander the not so Great 2012-07-14T23:09:26Z The 28-year-old Athenian sex worker is feeling the effects of austerity in a different way than most are. Prostitution Panic Grips Athens 2012-06-17T15:25:00Z At the entrance to the Temple of Apollo, where the old Athenian treasury is as empty as the country’s modern-day version, they haven’t made up their minds. No Delphic clarity as Greek vote looms 2012-06-17T02:08:00Z "Absolutely nothing is moving either in the public or private sector," said a prominent Athenian lawyer who sits on the committee of a large foreign hedge fund. Greece on edge of financial collapse as paralysis takes hold in election runup 2012-06-14T19:35:00Z In his history of the Peloponnesian War, a clash between the city-states Athens and Sparta, Thucydides recounted a negotiation between Athenians and leaders of Melos, an island kingdom striving to remain neutral. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z Most Athenians are excited and proud to be a part of their community. Give Greece a chance 2012-06-10T00:35:00Z Aristophanes the comedian The most brilliantly inventive of comic playwrights, Aristophanes was happy to mock contemporary Athenian politicians of every stripe. Ancient Greek solution for debt crisis 2012-06-05T23:00:25Z Earlier this year Athenian newspapers were full of reports of Germans "fearing for their lives" if they visited Greece. Fearful Germans add to Greece's woes by staying away in droves 2012-05-26T13:07:41Z Nor would the Athenians be less great because we knew the slaves. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The Melians, completely outmatched by the Athenian army, pointed out that the Athenians were not dealing with them justly. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z In the sphere of material power the repulse of Xerxes and the extension of Athenian or Spartan supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean were large facts patent to the most obtuse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z All Greece would rise up in indignation were any one to erect a church or chapel amid the ruins of the Athenian Acropolis. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z Terra-cotta statuettes of the god seem to have been placed before the hearths of Athenian houses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z What, let me ask, is the difference between the Athenian Pallas or the Pharian Ceres, and wood formed into a cross?” The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z The Melians were basically trying to get the Athenians to recognize the logic of the golden rule: If you treat others fairly, you are more likely to be treated fairly yourself. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z A young Athenian goes to Corinth to visit the house of the man who has promised him his daughter in marriage. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z On Thursday, before the start of another rally, shocked Athenians visited the site of the shooting. Dimitris Christoulas?s Suicide Continues to Shake Greece 2012-04-06T01:43:19Z On the Athenian stage, the will was subjugated by a brutal fatality; upon ours, the will makes the destiny. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The whole debate is in this manner, and is at the same time a burlesque of the political discussions at the Athenian mass-meetings. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Athenian soldiers eventually overran Melos, killed all the men and enslaved the women and children. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z Hast thou afflicted me thus for having rejected the love of Lamia, the Athenian hetaira, or of Flora, the Roman courtesan? One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z That island was an important member of the Athenian confederacy, and in making it his home Herodotus would have put himself under the protection of Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z As he grew up and began to be familiar with Alexandria the beautiful, he received that subtle education of the eye and imagination that every Alexandrian, like every Athenian, succeeded to as an heirloom. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Plato recommended it, and Socrates learned the Athenian polka of the day when quite an old gentleman, and liked it very much. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The Athenians gave the Melians a choice: submit peacefully to our rule and pay us tribute, or we will destroy you. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z St. Paul, in preaching to the Athenians, dwells not on the Fatherhood of God, but on the need of repentance as a preparation for the judgment which awaits all. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z In 415 it refused to admit the Athenian fleet and remained an ally of Syracuse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z A curious contrast to the Cynic was the philosophic rhetorician, who gathered around his chair all that was most brilliant in Roman or Athenian society. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Zephyrus, mild and gentle, had a lapful of flowers, and, according to the Athenian belief, was wedded to Flora, with whom he was perfectly happy, and visited every land in turn. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The Athenians subscribed to what we would call a realpolitik view of relations between states: Might makes right. What Ancient Greeks Can Teach Us about Drones and Cyber-War 2012-06-12T21:45:02.633Z Clarke in his Evidences says that the most ancient writers of the Church did not scruple to acknowledge the Athenian Socrates a Christian. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z It is certain, however, that Halicarnassus became henceforward a voluntary member of the Athenian confederacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The sacrifice of a pig was a constant preliminary of the Athenian assemblies. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z As usual, when too late, the Athenians repented of their ingratitude, and in a fit of tardy remorse deified this hero, and built a magnificent temple on the Acropolis in his honor. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In the very height of summer, I am told, the Athenians do condescend to go to the pine-woods. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z When the Athenians founded Thurii in Italy he accompanied the colony as architect, and afterwards, in 408 B.C., he superintended the building of the new city of Rhodes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z For a serious sports fix, most Athenians still make the 90-minute drive to Columbus to watch mighty Ohio State. 'If Duke played the Taliban, I'd pull for Taliban' 2012-03-23T08:01:09Z Thus the Athenians were distinguished by the olive and the owl, and the Corinthians by a Pegasus. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z The Athenians are proud, and with reason, of this beautiful building, which they owe to the generosity of one of their countrymen. 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