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and other small towns too.
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So there was a rural dependency on these Greek cities.
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They all practiced a certain kind of Greek education.
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The Greek word paideia, which is right there on your handout,
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means education,
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but it also means more than simply rote learning
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or memorization or learning to read, like we think.
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Paideia is the Greek word that means the formation of the young man.
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And I say young man because throughout all this
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it was mainly young men and boys who were educated.
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Girls could be given some education,
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if their families were wealthy enough,