Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC, relatively early in Pericles' long career as Athens' leading politician. He left a number of important plays that still survive today ...

They all criticized Athenian democracy, and how it contributed to Athens losing that war. Born 20 years after the war, ...

"If the Parthenon is the ultimate expression, the marble embodiment of the Athenian golden age, that golden age was brief." Q: Then is the Parthenon, the building itself, almost akin to a sculpture?

The Acropolis is a massive archaeological site brimming with the artistic monuments and wonders of ancient Greece. Here are ...