Schools of Hellas / An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education from 600 to 300 B. C.

by Kenneth J. Freeman

[116] Plato, Rep. 455 C.

[117] Plato, Laws, 805 E.

[118] As in Lusias, ag. Diogeiton, 32. 28.

[119] In the Econ. vii. 10.

[120] Thus the Axiochos (366 D) puts seven years as the age at which grammatistai and paidotribai began. Plato (Laws, 794) says six; Aristotle (Pol. vii. 17) about five; Xenophon (Constit. of Lak. ii.) “as soon as the children begin to understand.”

[121] Aesop was popular then, as now. This is the μουσική anterior to γυμναστική, so keenly criticised in the Republic.

[122] Plato, Protag. 325 C-E.

[123] Xen. Mem. ii. 2. 6.

[124] Plato, Protag. 326 C.

[125] Aristotle, Pol. vii. 17. 7.