Ancient Literacy

Name: Ancient Literacy
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ISBN: 9780674033818

ISBN-10: 0674033817

ISBN-13: 9780674033818

Edition: 1989

Authors: William V. Harris

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The subject of this study is in any case the literacy of the Greeks and Romans from the time when the former were first provably able to write a non-syllabic script, in the eighth century B.C., until the fifth century A.D.

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 406
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

William V. Harris is Shepherd Professor of History at Columbia University and Director of the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean.



Abbreviations



Introduction


Levels of Greek and Roman Literacy


The Functions of Literacy in the Graeco-Roman World



The Literacy and Illiteracy of the Greeks


The Spread of Literacy in Archaic Times


The Classical Growth of Literacy and Its Limits


The Hellenistic State and Elementary Education



Literacy and Illiteracy in the Roman World


Archaic Italy and the Middle Republic


The Late Republic and the High Empire, 100 B.C.-250 A.D.


Literacy in Late Antiquity


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index