Classical Greece

Autonomous urban polity governing itself and surrounding territory as independent political unit

History's first large-scale direct democracy, where citizens directly voted on laws and policy

Rigorous Spartan education and training system that produced ancient Greece's most formidable warriors

Plato's philosophical school, the Western world's first institution of higher learning

Learned society for advancing and discussing knowledge through research, publication, and intellectual exchange

Ancient Greece's preeminent prophetic sanctuary where the Pythia delivered Apollo's oracles, shaping politics and colonization