Tag: Greece

Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks

by History Guild | Jan 1, 2024 | Political and Economic History | 0

Reading time: 5 minutes
Thucydides and Plato lived through the crisis of Athenian democracy and, not unlike Trump, informed posterity that the fate of their beloved Athens resulted from the systematic misinformation and mis-education of the citizens.

Cheating, bribery and scandal: how the ancient Greeks did the Olympic Games

by History Guild | Dec 25, 2023 | Social and Cultural History | 0

Reading time: 6 minutes
While in antiquity instances of bribery remained the exception – and were heavily punished – there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that attempts to manipulate the outcome of the competitions are as old as the Games themselves.