School Flashcards
Who was the ludi magister?
The teacher who taught the first stage of schools.
What did they teach at the ludi magister?
Reading, writing and arithmetic
What was a grammaticus?
The teacher who taught the second stage of school.
What did the grammaticus teach?
Literature
When would someone go to the grammaticus?
11-16
Who is the rhetor?
A teacher who taught public speaking
When would you go to the rhetor?
17-18 years old
Did girls go to school?
Some girls did, but fewer than boys.
Who helped and looked after the boy when he went to school?
An educated slave called the paedagogus.
What were the writing equipment?
Wax tablets, stilus, papyrus, ink and quill
Describe a stilus
A pointed stick made out of metal bone or Ivory. Used for scratching letters in wax tablets. It had a flat end to rub out things and a sharp end to write.
What was ink made of?
Soot, resin and water
What was a papyrus?
Rough kind of paper made from papyrus reeds
What was quill made of?
Goose feather
What two languages could the boy speak fluently after he left the second school?
Latin and Greek
