Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 65058-h.htm or 65058-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65058/65058-h/65058-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65058/65058-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/oldgreekeducatio01maha Some characters might not display properly in this UTF-8 text file (e.g., empty squares). If so, the reader should consult the html version or the original page images noted above. Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text (Dedication) enclosed by plus signs is in ornate bold face (+bold+). OLD GREEK EDUCATION by J. P. MAHAFFY, M.A. Fell. and Tutor, Trin. Coll., Dub. Knight of the Order of the Saviour Author of “Social Life in Greece” “A History of Greek Literature” “A Primer of Greek Antiquities” etc. New York Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square 1882 TO THE GREEK NATION STILL, AS OF OLD, THE PIONEER OF EDUCATION IN EASTERN EUROPE +I Dedicate+ THIS LITTLE BOOK IN MEMORY OF THE YEAR 1881 PREFATORY NOTE. Readers unfamiliar with Greek will find the equivalent of the Greek words cited in the nearest word printed in italics. The scope of this book precludes me from acknowledging individually my many obligations to other authors, both for curious facts and for learned references. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 I. Infancy 7 II. Earlier Childhood 14 III. School Days--The Physical Side 21 IV. School Days--The Musical Side--The Schoolmaster 32 V. The Musical Side--Schools and their Appointments 42 VI. The Subjects and Method of Education--Drawing and Music 57 VII. The Last Stage of Education--Military Training of the Ephebi 69 VIII. Higher Education--The Sophists and Socrates 78 IX. The Rhetors--Isocrates 91 X. The Greek Theorists on Education--Plato and Aristotle 99 XI. The Growth of Systematic Higher Education--University Life at Athens 116 INDEX 141 GREEK EDUCATION. INTRODUCTION.