Pericles (c. 495–429 BC) was a prominent and influential leader of Athens during its Golden Age. A statesman, orator and general, he played a central role in shaping Athenian democracy and cultural ...

“Why her?” the journalist Mark Oppenheimer writes toward the end of his first biography, “Judy Blume: A Life.” “What is it about Judy and her work that won her so many millions of fans?” Partly talent ...

Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender by James Romm looks for hope amid the sound and fury surrounding the great orator of ancient Athens. ‘Demo-cracy’: power/might of the demos. ‘Demo-sthenes’: strength ...

The history of Athens. The Acropolis stands as a marvelous natural fortress Credit: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikipedia Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It has been ...

This volume is a welcome addition to the prestigious Law in Context series of legal textbooks providing ‘new’ perspectives on key legal subjects (since 1970). Falling into the category of an academic ...

Let’s just say this right up front: no one is sure how much of “Pericles” was actually written by Shakespeare. The majority of the play is so far from Shakespeare’s style, in fact, that many scholars ...

This season’s Public Works production is a powerful concert experience of PERICLES, the Bard’s epic about losing and re-discovering faith. Reconceived by playwright and songwriter Troy Anthony, this ...

In Plato’s dialogue Symposium, seven varied speeches are made on the meaning of love at an all-male drinking party set in ancient Athens in 416 BCE. One of the participants is the philosopher Socrates ...

Much has been said about Thucydides’ trap, but few talk about Pericles’ walls. Yet, if we look for historical lessons from the Peloponnesian war some 2,500 years ago, the story of the Long Walls is ...