Student Life in Ancient Greece

A Letter from Timons

Similarities and Differences of Schools in Ancient Athens & Schools in the United States

Similar:Classes taught: history, literature, arithmetic, geometry, music, physical-educationWriting taught by repeated practice

Different teachers for different subjectsLearning to read aloud and memorizationconsidered important

DifferentStudents went to school with their personalslaves, or pedagoguesStudents write on wax tablets with pointedsticksNo punctuation or spaces between wordsOnly boys go to school, beginning at age 7

The Greek AlphabetLowercase Uppercase English Transliterations Nameα Α a Alphaβ Β b Betaγ Γ g Gammaδ Δ d Deltaε Ε e E-psilonζ Ζ z Zetaη Η e Etaθ Θ th Thetaι Ι i Iotaκ Κ k Kappaλ Λ l Lambdaμ Μ m Muν Ν n Nuξ Ξ ks Xiο Ο o O-micronπ Π p Piρ Ρ r Rhoσ Σ s Sigmaτ Τ t Tauυ Υ u or y U-psilonφ Φ ph Phiχ Χ ch ChiΨ ψ ps Psiω Ω o O-mega