The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.
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How to Fix Democracy: Plato May Have an Answer
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped ...
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Ancient Greek Tyrants Who Proved to Be Good for Their Cities
The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.
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Ancient Greece's Toxic Legacy: World's Oldest Lead Pollution Found
Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...
Ten things we’ll never understand about Greece
Are all those ancient sculptors conning us? No amount of philosophy explains some of Greece’s more peculiar customs.
The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Studies
View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...
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Greek PM proposes parliament speaker as the country's next president
Tassoulas, a 65-year-old lawyer and member of the governing center-right New Democracy party, served as culture minister ... include an offer to facilitate rotating exhibitions of ancient Greek ...