Readers unfamiliar with Greek will find the equivalent of the Greek words cited in the nearest word printed in italics.
The scope of this book precludes me from acknowledging individually my many obligations to other authors, both for curious facts and for learned references.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | [1] | |
| I. | Infancy | [7] |
| II. | Earlier Childhood | [14] |
| III. | School Days—The Physical Side | [21] |
| IV. | School Days—The Musical Side—The Schoolmaster | [32] |
| V. | The Musical Side—Schools and their Appointments | [42] |
| VI. | The Subjects and Method of Education—Drawing and Music | [57] |
| VII. | The Last Stage of Education—Military Training of the Ephebi | [69] |
| VIII. | Higher Education—The Sophists and Socrates | [78] |
| IX. | The Rhetors—Isocrates | [91] |
| X. | The Greek Theorists on Education—Plato and Aristotle | [99] |
| XI. | The Growth of Systematic Higher Education—University Life at Athens | [116] |
| Index | [141] |