To teach him how to work on the farm, fish, at a trade, or in the family business.
To teach him how to fight.
To teach him religious observance.
The Romans adopted Greek medicine, their siege engines and their catapults (balistas). Latin literature was inspired by the epics, tragedies and comedies of the Greeks. The educators of the elites were Greek and Roman education was both in Latin and Greek. Roman elite men were fluent in Greek Roman elite boys learned Greek rhetoric. Two schools of Greek philosophy (stoicism and epicureanism) became popular. Some young men went to Greece to learn Greek rhetoric and/or philosophy. Greek sculptors were hired to make fine statues.
They were educated by their parents in farming or trades, and this went on until they had acquired the skills in their late teens.
The Romans did not have state school. The had classes run by teachers for a fee. Wealthy families had private tutors. They taught mostly boys, who started their education at the age of seven.
The greek came up with the difference of public and private schools as we use today but now we changed it by having both girls and boys, rich and poor all together.
Spartan boys were taught to fight, kick, spit, bite, scratch and get into fights with other boys. Athenian boys were learnt to be polite and to be civilised.
The Greek word for "Boy" is "αγόρι".
Yes the same education for Boys & Girls refer wikipedia [MALE-99.5% , FEMALE-97.3% ]
Greek education differed from city-state to city-state. In Athens boys were tutored at home from 7 to 13 years old then went to school to learn athletics, philosophy and history. They were also required to enroll in a two year military school at the age of 18. Spartan boys were sent to military school at the age of 7 and did not return home until they were in their late teens and early twenties.
The Greek boys (girls received an education at home by their mother) would be transported to school by a slave named a Paidagogos who would also sit in the lessons with the boys too. The Paidagogos would take the boys to school at sunrise and obey them with staffs if they were at all late.
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Young boys were messengers in the temples for education.
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