Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity by Robert A. Kaster

Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity

Robert A. Kaster

560 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools"—the schools of grammar and rhetoric—in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their...

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