Literacy, Documents, and Archives in the Ancient Athenian Democracy

Herodotus, Politics and Athenian Democracy

As is widely accepted by scholars, much of the Western philosophies have roots in ancient Greece. Among the most influential ancient Greek figures is the “Father of History,” Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who chronicled the history of the Persian Wars. Herodotus used the Histories as a medium for discussing the political trends of his time, specifically those in Athens. Herodotus shared his views...

Aristotle, the “Good Life,” and Athenian Democracy:

A mathematical model of Athenian democracy

A mathematical model of Athenian democracy (594–322 BC) is considered. Indicators of popularity, universality, and goodness are introduced to evaluate single political leaders, the Assembly, the Council of 500, and magistrates. The popularity is a spatial characteristic of representativeness, the average percentage of the population whose opinion is represented on a number of questions. The uni...

Female Literacy Rates, Information Technology and Democracy

The connections between female literacy rates, information technology and democracy are theoretically diverse and obscured by intervening economic and social factors. However, one should not overlook the important role of women’s education in the overall economic and political development of a country. This study focuses on the theoretical and statistical connections via a structured literature...

Categorizing ancient documents

The analysis of historical documents is still a topical issue given the importance of information that can be extracted and also the importance given by the institutions to preserve their heritage. The main idea in order to characterize the content of the images of ancient documents after attempting to clean the image is segmented blocks texts from the same image and tries to find similar block...