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| Now that I'm 7
years old I must go to school, even though the Spartans are surrounding the city. Momus ,
our slave, cannot teach me any longer. I'm going to Alatus' school where I will stay until
I am 14. Books are very expensive and rare, so everything is read out loud and I will just have to remember. At least they'll give me a writing tablet and my very own ruler. In primary school, I have to learn two important things - the words of Homer, a famous Greek poet, and how to play the lyre, a musical instrument. Alatus will choose what other subjects we will learn. |
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public speaking, government, art, reading, writing, math, or another favorite ancient
Greek instrument - the flute. When I leave I will go to a higher school for four more years. Then, when I'm 18, I'll have to go to military school for two more years. I'm sure the war will have finished by the time I'm old enough to fight. |
Alatus MAY decide that Poliphus should learn about some of the Greek Heroes. Click to read the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur.
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