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 e

In this volume Robin Barrow traces ancient education from the time of Homeric poems to the age of St. Augustine. Without minimising differences between educatio

A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the most up-to-date scholarship relating to th

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m

This book offers an assessment of the content, structures and significance of education in Greek and Roman society. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, includi