Gymnastics, excessive addiction to, 119-123 professional, disadvantages of, 120
Hellenism, two currents of, 6 spread by Alexander, Rome, and the Renaissance, 2-3 spirit of, 3 methods of teaching, 4, 275-291
Herakleides of Pontos, 36 _n._, 198, 202, 241
Hesiod, 207 authority of, 228 teaching of, in primary schools, 95
Homer, 207 teaching of, in primary schools, 93-95 authority of, 228
Isokrates, 161 pupil of Gorgias, 169 his school near the Lukeion, 180 teaching in Chios, 181 on the theory of education, 182 on the nature of philosophy, 184 his school described, 185-195 his methods, 186-190 his pupils, 191, 192 on theory of education, 192 definition of the educated man, 192-193 on religious myths, 230-231
Javelin and spear throwing in the palaistra, 134
Kallias, his metrical alphabet, 88 his spelling drama, 88-90
Leitourgiai, 60-61, 148 excursus on gumnasiarchoi, 154-156
Libraries of Euthudemos, 207 of Peisistratos at Athens, 207 of Polukrates at Samos, 207
Literature, teaching of, in primary schools, 93-97 in secondary schools, 161-162
Lukeion, 125 description of scene in, 134-142
Mathematics, teaching of, 100-107 in secondary schools, 159
Moderators (Sophronistai), 70, 212-213, 220
Music, 240-244 in Crete, 36-37 in primary schools, 107-114
Music, Plato on the value of, 113 Aristotle on the value of, 114 characteristics of Greek, 240-244 Greek views of the properties of, 243 in Arkadia, 243
Oxurhunchos, fragment on wrestling unearthed at, 131
Paidagogos, 266, 278-279 duties of, 66-69
Paidotribes, 50, 278 duties of, 126 his symbol of office, 128 his fee, 134
Painting, teaching of, in primary schools, 114
Palaistra, distinct from gymnasium, 124 life in the, 124-134 teaching of gesticulation (τὸ χειρονομεῖν) [to cheironomein], 129 wrestling (πάλη) [palê], 130-132 leap-frog, 130 rope-climbing, 130 boxing, 132 pankration, 132-133 long jump, 133 running, 133 javelin and spear, 134 diskos, 134 fees of the paidotribes, 134
Parthenon, 244, 245 the “Theseus” of the, 5
Peisistratos, 247 popularisation of Homer by, 52
Permanent secondary schools, 179-209 their natural growth at Athens, 179 fees, 182 of Isokrates, 185-195
Philosophy, schools of, 195-207 their feuds, 203-204
Physical education, 279 in Athens and the rest of Hellas, 118-156 contemporary criticism of excess, 119-123 dancing, 143-149