<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The aim of this article is to examine the educational theories and practices of ancient Greece, to investigate a few of the explicit links that the modern Greek state has made to these and to discuss some of the more implicit parallels that can be discerned in the present Greek educational system. To some extent, it will be an investigation of the contemporary traces that remain from the ancient civilisation. Furthermore, it will be examined how the Modern Greek state achieves political ends through its attempts to embody in the citizen the reconstructed values of a glorious past, while characteristics of ancient Greek educational systems, still existing in the Modern Greek educational system, will be discussed.</p></abstract>

The aim of this article is to examine the educational theories and practices of ancient Greece, to investigate a few of the explicit links that the modern Greek state has made to these and to discuss some of the more implicit parallels that can be discerned in the present Greek educational system. To some extent, it will be an investigation of the contemporary traces that remain from the ancient civilisation. Furthermore, it will be examined how the Modern Greek state achieves political ends through its attempts to embody in the citizen the reconstructed values of a glorious past, while characteristics of ancient Greek educational systems, still existing in the Modern Greek educational system, will be discussed.

Reflections of Antiquity in the Greek Education of the 20th Century

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The aim of this article is to examine the educational theories and practices of ancient Greece, to investigate a few of the explicit links that the modern...

Reflections of Antiquity in the Greek Education of the 20th Century

Published Online: Feb 14, 2017

Page range: 69 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0007

Keywords
Education, Politics, Society, Greece

© by Anastasia G. Petraki

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Reflections of Antiquity in the Greek Education of the 20th Century

Published Online: Feb 14, 2017

Page range: 69 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2016-0007

KeywordsEducation, Politics, Society, Greece

© by Anastasia G. Petraki

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Education, Politics, Society, Greece