This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m

In this volume Robin Barrow traces ancient education from the time of Homeric poems to the age of St. Augustine. Without minimising differences between educatio

Presents the first full-length, systematic study of the reception of Cicero's speeches in the Roman educational system.

This book offers an assessment of the content, structures and significance of education in Greek and Roman society. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, includi