Classical Studies 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Euripides, Athens A, Socratic Dialogue

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

Sophists (from greek word sophistes meaning practitioner of wisdom) Philosophers wanted to understand the world and sophists were content with teacher eager, paying pupils how to get by in it. Origins of sophistic movement lie in the informal nature of greek education; its literary and aristocratic bias and in its superficial nature. Sin homer, greek children learned by watching the world around them and imitating respected elders: few people in antiquity knew how to read, most formal education involved listening and reciting from memory. Athenians girls rarely send to school, neither were most boys. Problem was that greek states didn"t provide public schooling except for sparta, being poor also compelled children to stay and farm. Parents of upper classes paid for their sons to be instructed in mousik, a subject that included the memorization of poetry. Ancient poems were sing, mousike involved learning to play the lyre. In the early 6th century, mor children learned to read and write.