Classical Greece was incredibly politically innovative. Why did it rise — and then fall?
Josiah Ober is the Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. He is also the author of a new book from Princeton University Press, “The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece,” which seeks to uncover the reasons Classical Greece was so extraordinary, creating ideas and ways of doing things that still influence our world today. I interviewed him about his book over e-mail. Read more about Classical Greece was incredibly politically innovative. Why did it rise — and then fall?