Gymnastics of the Mind: Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

by Raffaella Cribiore

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This book is at once a thorough study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. It describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. Raffaella Cribiore draws on over 400 papyri, ostraca (sherds of pottery or slices of limestone), and tablets that feature...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691122520

ISBN13:9780691122526

Release Date:February 2005

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:270 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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Classics Education Education & Reference Fiction History Literature & Fiction

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