Gymnastics of the mind : Greek education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cribiore, Raffaella (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
To 332 B.C.
Education, Egyptian.
Education, Greek > Egypt.
Éducation égyptienne.
Éducation grecque > Égypte.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Civilization
Education, Egyptian
Education, Greek
Onderwijs.
Klassieke oudheid.
Geschiedbronnen.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Égypte > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Egypt
Egypte.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 everything from exercises involving letters of the alphabet through rhetorical compositions that represented the work of advanced students.
Item Description:Originally published: 2001.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index.
ISBN:9781400844418
140084441X

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