National Geographic History - July 2019

(Sean Pound) #1
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
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