Literate Education in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds

List of tables Preface Map of Egypt 1. Introduction: setting the scene 2. Structures of enkyklios paideia 3. Literature I: the writing on the wall, and elsewhere 4. Literature II: maxims and morals 5. Grammar and the power of language 6. Rhetoric: art and articulation 7. All in the mind: images of cognitive development Conclusion Appendix I: Egyptian roots of Hellenistic education Appendix II: index of papyri in school-hands Tables Bibliography Index of names General index.