Demosthenes: Democracy’s Defender by James Romm looks for hope amid the sound and fury surrounding the great orator of ancient Athens.

Why is modern thought so influenced by the Greeks? We’ve heard of philosophers from Socrates to Aristotle, whose ideas have shaped our understanding of life and science to this very day. But why have ...

IN THE PEME OF DEMOSTHENES. ATTICA is but a small spot on the map, to fill so vast a space in history. Broad roads were its boast even in Homeric times, long ones never. You can go well-nigh anywhere ...