A history of education in antiquity
By: Translated by George Lamb
Series: A Mentor Book
Publisher: The New American Library
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York]
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 600
Copyright date: 1956
Subjects: Opvoeding; Antike; Klassieke oudheid; Education; Onderwijs; Erziehung; History
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: The origins of classical education from Homer to Isocrates. Education in Homeric times ; Spartan education ; Pederasty in classical education ; The "old" Athenian education ; The pedagogical revolution of the early sophists ; The masters of the classical tradition: Plato ; The masters of the classical tradition: Isocrates; title: Classical education in the Hellenistic age. The civilization of the "paideia" ; The educational institutions of the Hellenistic age ; Physical education ; Artistic education ; The primary school ; Primary education ; Literary studies at secondary school standard ; Science ; Higher education: lesser forms ; Higher education: rhetoric ; Higher education: philosophy; title: Conclusion: Classical humanism; title: Classical education and Rome. The old Roman education ; Rome adopts Greek education ; The language question : Greek and Latin ; The Roman schools: primary education ; The Roman schools: secondary schools ; The Roman schools: higher education ; The Roman educational achievement ; The Roman state and education ; Christianity and classical education ; Appearance of Christian schools of the mediaeval type; title: Epilogue: The end of the school of antiquity.