Presents a study of the educational system for the Greeks of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and a window to the vast panorama of educational practices in the Greco-Roman world. This book describes how people learned, taught, and practiced literate skills, how schools functioned, and what the curriculum comprised. "This study is that rara avis, a scholarly book that manages to convey the breadth of its author's learning as well as her command of details in such a way as to appeal to a wide audience. Throughout the book Cribiore's interest in her subject matter comes through clearly, and complex issues are dealt with gracefully. Touches of gentle humor and sympathy humanize but never overwhelm even the most technical aspects of the evidence. . . .. I do not think it an exaggeration to say that most of us will learn something on just about every page."---Stephen M. Trzaskoma, New England Classical Journal