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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.
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.
This book, which honours the career of a distinguished scholar,
contains essays dealing with important problems in Plato, the
Platonic tradition, and the texts and transmission of Plato and
later Platonic writers. It ranges from the discussion of issues in
individual Platonic dialogues to the examination of Platonism in
the Middle Ages. The essays are written by leading scholars in the
field and reflect the current state of knowledge on the various
problems under discussion. The collection as a whole testifies to
the importance of the Platonic writings for the history of ideas,
and to the vitality that the study of these writings continues to
possess.
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