Noble versions of magnanimity include Pericles, who led Athens through some of the Peloponnesian War, and more recently Charles de Gaulle, who reclaimed France from the Nazis. Third-rate versions ...

Noble versions of magnanimity include Pericles, who led Athens through some of the Peloponnesian War, and more recently Charles de Gaulle, who reclaimed France from the Nazis. Third-rate versions ...

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

Pericles leading Athens into its political ... Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates (1776) by François-André Vincent (Musée Fabre). Again, the Peloponnesian War got off to a bad start for Athens, a ...

Under the leadership of statesmen like Pericles, Athens developed a form of direct democracy ... However, the city-state’s dominance was not without challenges. The Peloponnesian War, fought against ...

To retaliate, Pericles, the Athenian leader ... to more overt warfare – the Athenian sanctions in 432 BC were shortly followed by the Peloponnesian War – they are a crucial diplomatic tool for rival ...

As Greece counts 200 years from the War of independence and stands proud as a member of the EU, the mind reels to the ...

A new production of Othello foregrounds what the play’s earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.

The war in Ukraine has changed — and it’s deadlier than ever. After Russia invaded, artillery, missiles, tanks and trench warfare dominated the fight, often echoing the World Wars. Today ...

Investopedia / Photo Illustration by Alice Morgan / Getty Images Warren Buffett said in a rare TV interview that tariffs are an "act of war" and could cause inflation. The legendary investor and ...

The troubled Pericles travels through history and place experiencing shipwrecks, heartbreak and murder. Shakespeare’s complex story, has comedy, chivalry and magic to entertain and enthrall.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced fury from protesters outside Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, a day after he resumed the war in Gaza, shattering the two-month-old ...