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From The Earliest Sources Until The End Of Antiquity And Beginning Of The Middle Ages, This Title Presents The Most Important Texts On Greek And Roman Education, Both Literary And Documentary, And Explores The Complex Nature And Development Of Greek And Roman Education. Early Greece To C. 500 Bc -- Sparta -- Athens In The Fifth And Fourth Centuries Bc -- The Sophists, Socrates, And The Fifth-century Enlightenment -- Fourth-century Theory And Practice: Isocrates, Plato, And Aristotle -- The Hellenistic Period (c. 335-30 Bc) -- Early Rome To C. 100 Bc -- Reading, Writing, And Literary Study: Late Roman Republic And Empire -- Teaching And Learning The Liberal Arts And Rhetoric: Cicero To Quintilian -- Pagans And Christians: From The Second Century Ad To The End Of Antiquity. Mark Joyal, Iain Mcdougall, J.c. Yardley.