Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

It was this achievement of a true idealism in art which gave the world Humanism, and which was the unique achievement of Greek culture, Read said. He offered the figures on the frieze of the ...

One of the pillars of Renaissance humanism was a renewed interest in Classical antiquity, a period understood by Renaissance thinkers as representing some of the highest values of humanity ...