WORDS AND MUSIC
This fifth-century B.C. kylix
(drinking vessel) depicts scenes
from educational life. A second-
century a.d. wax tablet (lower
right) is inscribed with figures of
the kind used by schoolchildren
during the classical period.PA I D EI A
EDUCATION IN ANCIENT GREECE
J. LAURENTIUS/BPK/RMN-GRAN PALAIS.
TABLET: BRITISH LIBRARY/BRIDGEMAN/ACI