Greek and Roman Education: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World)

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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, if truth be told, that classical antiquity has exerted one of its clearest influences on the up to date 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 quite 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 aren’t easily accessible, including inscriptions on stone and Greek papyri from Egypt. Introductions to each and every chapter and to each and every selection give you the guidance which readers want to set the historical periods, themes and topics into meaningful contexts. Fully illustrated and including extensive suggestions for further reading, in conjunction with an index of passages explored, students will haven’t any further need for some other sourcebook on Greek and Roman education.

 


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