Ancient literacy / William V. Harris.

How many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans? No one has previously tried to give a systematic answer to this question. Most historians who have considered the problem at all have given optimistic assessments, since they have been impressed by large bodies of an...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Harris, William V. (William Vernon)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1991.
Edition:	1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Classical languages. Language and culture > Greece. Language and culture > Rome. Literacy > Greece. Literacy > Rome. Literacy > History. Language and culture. Literacy. Greece. Rome (Empire) History.