The first vending machine was invented by an ancient Greek during the 1st century AD and was a holy water dispenser.

The Judgement of Paris, which was likely the first ancient Greek beauty pageant, set off one of the most important narratives in mythology.

But what was the polis, exactly? The difficulty of translating the term is a clue to its complexity: Neither “city” nor “city-state” nor “republic” is fully adequate; the Greek word ...