Literate Education in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
Literate Education in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds
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In the first new interpretation of Hellenistic and Roman education for fifty years, Teresa Morgan draws on evidence from all over the classical world, including papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt, to reexamine one of the institutions that made that world an entity, and that was one of its most influential legacies to the West. She introduces fresh interpretations of the function of literature, grammar and rhetoric in education, and in addition explores Hellenistic and Roman theories of cognitive development.
- An interpretation of the place of education in Greek and Roman society
- A systematic examination of all the evidence for Hellenistic and Roman literate education
- An examination of ancient theories of cognitive development in education
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"...fresh and challenging." Robert Lamberton, Classical Journal
Product details
January 1999Hardback
9780521584661
384 pages
224 × 145 × 26 mm
0.555kg
1 map 24 tables
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Table of Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- Map of Egypt
- 1. Introduction: setting the scene
- 2. Structures of enkyklios paideia
- 3. Literature I: the writing on the wall, and elsewhere
- 4. Literature II: maxims and morals
- 5. Grammar and the power of language
- 6. Rhetoric: art and articulation
- 7. All in the mind: images of cognitive development
- Conclusion
- Appendix I: Egyptian roots of Hellenistic education
- Appendix II: index of papyri in school-hands
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- General index.
