Editing Ancient Greece (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in ancient Greece}}
[[File:Plato's Academy mosaic from Pompeii.jpg|thumb|left|Mosaic from [[Pompeii]] depicting [[Plato]]'s [[Platonic Academy|Academy]]]]

For most of Greek history, education was private, except in Sparta. During the Hellenistic period, some city-states established [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]]. Only wealthy families could afford a teacher. Boys learned how to read, write and quote literature. They also learned to sing and play one musical instrument and were trained as athletes for military service. They studied not for a job but to become an effective citizen. Girls also learned to read, write and do simple arithmetic so they could manage the household. They almost never received education after childhood.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bloomer |first=W. Martin |title=A Companion to Ancient Education |publisher=Willey-Blackwell |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-118-99741-3 |location=Malden, MA |page=305}}</ref>

Boys went to school at the age of seven, or went to the barracks, if they lived in Sparta. The three types of teachings were: grammatistes for arithmetic, kitharistes for music and dancing, and Paedotribae for sports.

Boys from wealthy families attending the private school lessons were taken care of by a ''paidagogos'', a household slave selected for this task who accompanied the boy during the day. Classes were held in teachers' private houses and included reading, writing, mathematics, singing, and playing the lyre and flute. When the boy became 12 years old the schooling started to include sports such as wrestling, running, and throwing discus and javelin. In Athens, some older youths attended academy for the finer disciplines such as culture, sciences, music, and the arts. The schooling ended at age 18, followed by military training in the army usually for one or two years.<ref>Angus Konstam: "Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece", pp.&nbsp;94–95. Thalamus, UK, 2003, {{ISBN|1-904668-16-X}}</ref>

Some of Athens' greatest such schools included the [[Lyceum]] (the so-called [[Peripatetic school]] founded by [[Aristotle]] of [[Stageira]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Lyceum |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lyceum-Greek-philosophical-school |website=Britannica |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Lyceum |url=https://iep.utm.edu/lyceum/ |website=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> and the [[Platonic Academy]] (founded by [[Plato]] of Athens).<ref name="Lindberg 2007 70">{{cite book |url=http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo5550077.html |last=Lindberg |first=David C. |title=The Beginnings of Western Science |page=70 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-226-48205-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kampouris |first1=Nick |title=Plato's Academy: The World's First University |url=https://greekreporter.com/2023/10/26/plato-academy-athens-first-university-world/ |website=Greek Reporter |access-date=21 August 2024 |date=26 October 2023}}</ref> The education system of the wealthy ancient Greeks is also called [[Paideia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Woodruff |first1=Paul |title=Nine Education (Paideia) |chapter=Education (Paideia) |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8502/chapter-abstract/154343006?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=21 August 2024 |date=March 2006 |pages=191–210 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304541.003.0009 |isbn=978-0-19-530454-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=López |first1=Raquel |title=Did sons and daughters get the same education in ancient Greece? |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/education-in-ancient-greece |magazine=National Geographic |access-date=21 August 2024 |date=28 August 2019}}</ref>