Sosipatra of Ephesus was a remarkable ancient Greek female Neoplatonist philosopher of the 4th century AD, known for her extraordinary intellect,...

Socrates, renowned for being one of the greatest philosophers of all time, was also distinguished by his remarkable service as warrior. While we often...

The ancient Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery but his study of Stoicism earned him his freedom to later become an influential...

Anacharsis, a philosopher from Scythia who embraced Greek culture, stands as a remarkable figure in the annals of ancient history. Despite his foreign...

Democritus of Abdera was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for developing the atomic theory of the universe. While he has become known in...

Imagine Socrates live-tweeting his trial or Plato debating in a Reddit thread—welcome to the ancient agora, the original social media of the ancient...

Ancient Greek philosopher Chrysippus (279–206 BC) is believed to have died of laughter in a bizarre incident recorded by his contemporary historian...

The 53-year-old father-of-two said he started hitting her ‘non-stop’ then bludgeoned her, describing ending her life as ‘hard work’ that...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known...

Did the ancient Greeks look up at the night sky and ask “are we alone?” As it turns out, ancient Greek philosophers also asked this...