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Education In V Century B.C.


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Education in V century b.C.

- Social class

The society was generally divided into 4 social classes: the nobles and priests being of the highest rank while the merchants, farmers and slaves being of the lowest. The nobles and priests enjoyed higher status since they were important rulers of the country and leaders of the society. The workers and slaves were placed at the bottom of the social ladder, since they were either prisoners of war, convicts, no-pay laborers, people who took on jobs that no one else wanted to do or simply servants to the rich and nobles.

- Special schools

In that time, the society was fairly divided depending on the religion. The main problems were between the Christians and the Jewish.

The Jews established elementary schools where boys from about 6 to 13 years of age probably learned rudimentary mathematics and certainly learned reading and writing. The main concern was the study of the first five books of the Old Testament.

In the primitive villages; the education was present spontaneously.

- Languages spoken

There were a lot of languages spoken during the V century b.C., most of them biblical languages. Like for example: Arabic, Coptic, Egyptian, Greek, Hebrew and Latin.

Although, in the ancient times everything was written in the Greek alphabet, with some variation among dialects. Writing left-to-right became standard during the classic period. Modern editions of Ancient Greek texts were usually written with accents and breathing marks, interword spacing, modern punctuation, and sometimes mixed case, but these were all introduced later.

If we hadn't a voice or a tongue, and wanted to express things to one another, wouldn't we try to make signs by moving our hands, head, and the rest of our body, just as dumb people do at present? This was also thought in the ancient times. One of the earliest written records of a sign language occurred in the fifth century BC.

- The role of the girl

Education was also different for boys and girls. Boys were educated to become good citizens and take part in the public life of the city state. Girls were educated in housekeeping and how to look after the family.

If the girl was grown in a familiar environment, she couldn’t access to an education either. In exception of Sparta, there were no special schools for girls. They learned everything in the private ambit of her mother, sisters or slaves. All they learned, was relegated to the home-life: maintaining possessions and housework and caring for children were their daily tasks. Girls stayed at home until they were married. Like their mother, they could attend certain festivals, funerals, and visit neighbors for brief

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