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The Greek poet Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) is most famous for his works Theogony and Works and Days. In this passage from...

When he came to the throne in 884 BCE, Ashurnasirpal II had to attend to revolts which broke out across the empire...

Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern...

Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360-280 BCE) was one of the most important Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece...

Zeno of Citium (c. 336 – 265 BCE) was the founder of the Stoic School of philosophy in Athens...

The Negative Confession (also known as The Declaration of Innocence) is a list of 42 sins which the soul of the deceased...