Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity

by Lee Too (Editor)

This volume examines the idea of ancient education in a series of essays which span the archaic period to late antiquity. It calls into question the idea that education in antiquity is a disinterested process, arguing that teaching and learning were activities that occurred in the context of society.
Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity brings together the scholarship of fourteen classicists who from their distinctive perspectives pluralize our understanding of what it meant to teach and learn in antiquity. These scholars together show that ancient education was a process of socialization that occurred through a variety of discourses and activities including poetry, rhetoric, law, philosophy, art and religion.

Genres: History

490 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Luís Branco]

It is a great book and very interesting to record. It extends to the genesis of education in the two main ancient cultures, Greek and Roman. It possesses a lot of resources for those interested in the history of education or in education itself.