Read Nicomachean Ethics

Socrates on justice, the philosopher-king and the cave; the book Western philosophy replies to.

A bookish narrator and a Cretan who dances; Kazantzakis on how to live.

Sun Tzu's thirteen chapters on winning without fighting, quoted in every boardroom.

Marcus Aurelius' private notes to himself on campaign; the Stoic handbook for emperors and CEOs.

Seneca writes to Lucilius on time, death and the cost of living well.

Sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus — home of the ancient oracle.

Bronze Age Minoan palace outside Heraklion, legendary seat of King Minos.

Sanctuary of Zeus where the Olympic Games were held for a thousand years — stadium, temples and the workshop of Phidias.