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Literacy and Paideia in Ancient Greece

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LITERACY AND PAIDEIA

IN ANCIENT GREECE

KEVIN ROBB

New York Oxford

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

1994

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Robb, Kevin.

Literacy and paideia in ancient Greece / Kevin Robb.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-19-505905-0

1. Greek language—Social aspects—Greece. 2. Education—Greece.

3. Literacy—Greece. I. Title.

PA227.R63 1994

93-24618

987654321

Printed in the United States of America

on acid-free paper

302.2'244'0938—dc20