Human beings have always prized friendship. As the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote: “no one would choose to live ...

Princess Irene of Greece, who has died aged 83, was probably the first European royal to perform as a professional pianist In ...

But warnings from the fathers of democracy against the foolishness of avarice and pride are often ignored as evidenced by ...

Following the backlash over his remarks on Greek philosophy, Albania's PM Edi Rama clarified that his comments were intended ...

Ancient Greek philosopher Plato's wisdom resonates today. His famous quote highlights that forced learning does not truly ...

Mount Olympus was the tallest and most mysterious mountain in Greece but ancient Greeks did not imagine it as simply a ...

UNESCO's recognition of International Greek Language Day affirms Greek as a living, global vessel of culture, knowledge and ...

Socrates, an Athenian philosopher, pioneered the Socratic method of questioning to challenge assumptions about truth and knowledge. His pursuit of intellectual honesty led to his death sentence, which ...

The word oligarchy comes from Ancient Greek, combining "olígos" (ὀλίγος) meaning "few" and "árkho" (ἄρχω) meaning "to rule or ...

At the intersection of mathematics and music, the Festum Pi festival brings together theorists and performers to explore one of humanity’s oldest intellectual duets. We spoke with participant ...

The astronomer Edmond Halley, the namesake for Halley’s comet, linked the northern lights to the Earth’s magnetic field, ...

Efforts to censor the likes of Plato, who held the apparently dangerous idea that reason should be the proper ruler of the soul, only expose the weakness of the censors ...