Bright white buildings, sunlit hills, delicious cuisine, and ancient ruins scattered throughout the city—these are just some ...

The Canada-US relationship has captivated social media, drawing parallels to the power dynamics between ancient Athens and ...

In his first speech as Prime Minister, Carney drew parallels between Canada and Athens and Rome and the US - Watch video ...

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

the ruling colonels withdrew the remaining tanks from the Parliament building in Athens. But most Greeks could see that democracy in Greece was more besieged than ever. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia remarks the U.S. "may be modern day Rome in size and power. We are Athens — in culture, ...

The author is a professor of archaeology at the University of Toronto. Athens of ancient Greece, the birthplace of democracy, had an interesting system called ostrakismos, or ostracism. It was a ...