The ancient polis of Athens was the cultural center of ancient Greece and the birthplace of democracy.

Democracy was developed by the people of Athens. It was considered by the others to be a form of mob rule since all the citizens in Athens voted. Oligarchy was the norm and democracy the exception.

Each of the ten tribes of Athens was named for a hero. That is what is meant by an eponymous hero.

Poison in Athens

Review of Doody's Poison in Athens, a work historical fiction featuring Aristotle as a detective.

Cimon of Athens

Nicias of Athens

Conscription in Ancient Athens

The Boule - Athens' Council

Resources on the Peloponnesian War in which Athens eventually lost to Sparta, but not before Pericles boarded up the citizens of Attica in the city of Athens, the Sicilian Expedition, and the defection of Alcibiades following his implication in the m