Ancient literacy
W. V. Harris provides the first thorough exploration of the levels, types, and functions of literacy in the classical world, from the invention of the Greek alphabet about 800 B.C. down to the fifth century A.D.
Print Book, English, 1989
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1989
History
xv, 383 pages ; 25 cm
9780674033801, 9780674033818, 0674033809, 0674033817
19625014
Part One. Introduction : 1. Levels of Greek and Roman literacy
2. The functions of literacy in the Greco-Roman world
Part Two. The literacy and illiteracy of the Greeks : 3. The spread of literacy in archaic times
4. The classical growth of literacy and its limits
5. The Hellenistic state and elementary education
Part Three. Literacy and illiteracy in the Roman world : 6. Archaic Italy and the middle republic
7. The late republic and the high empire, 100 B.C
250 A.D
8. Literacy in late antiqity
Conclusion
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