Greek and Roman Education

A Sourcebook

By: Mark Joyal, J.C Yardley, Iain McDougall

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Paperback | 26 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Modern western education finds its origins in the practices, systems and schools of the ancient Greeks and Romans. It is in the field of education, in fact, that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the modern world. Yet the story of Greek and Roman education, extending from the eighth century B.C. into the Middle Ages, is familiar in its details only to relatively few specialists.

Containing nearly 300 translated texts and documents, Greek and Roman Education: A Sourcebook is the first book to provide readers with a large, diverse and representative sample of the primary evidence for ancient Greek and Roman education. A special feature of this Sourcebook is the inclusion not only of the fundamental texts for the study of the subject, but also unfamiliar sources that are of great interest but are not easily accessible, including inscriptions on stone and Greek papyri from Egypt. Introductions to each chapter and to each selection provide the guidance which readers need to set the historical periods, themes and topics into meaningful contexts. Fully illustrated and including extensive suggestions for further reading, together with an index of passages explored, students will have no further need for any other sourcebook on Greek and Roman education.

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'This excellent collection of ancient documents from the Greek and Latin, ranging from the Mycenaean period (eighth century BCE) through the end of antiquity, is a boon to any student or scholar of the classical Western world or the history of education, and is currently the only sourcebook on this topic.' -- G. J. Reece, American University, Choice, Vol. 46, No. 09, May 2009 'This is a first-class sourcebook and an excellent introduction to ancient education. Wide-ranging, stimulating, and backed by the profound scholarship of its editors, it gives students a firm grip on the subject and an ideal starting point for further study.' -- Sehepunkte

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xii
Frontispiece map	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Early Greece to c. 500 BC	p. 1
Sparta	p. 15
Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries BC	p. 31
The Sophists, Socrates, and the fifth-century Enlightenment	p. 59
Fourth-century theory and practice: Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle	p. 88
The Hellenistic Period (c. 335-30 BC)	p. 121
Early Rome to c. 100 BC	p. 151
Reading, writing, and literary study: Late Roman Republic and Empire	p. 166
Teaching and learning the liberal arts and rhetoric: Cicero to Quintilian	p. 203
Pagans and Christians: from the second century AD to the end of Antiquity	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 268
General index	p. 284
Index of passages	p. 289
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