Tyrtaeus in the First Century CE

November 27, 2010 2:46 PM

I'm doing some research on courage as a virtue in the first century CE Mediterranean world (previously), and I'm trying to discern the influence that the writings of Tyrtaeus would have had on Greco-Roman culture during this time. I've read in passing that his writings would have been common in school instruction at the time, but I can't find anything to confirm this. Does anyone know where I could find a discussion about this, or a confirmation?
posted by SpacemanStix to Education (2 answers total)

You could try A History Of Education In Antiquity, by H. I. Marrou (13 hits for Tyrtaeus).
posted by languagehat at 3:15 PM on November 27, 2010

Response by poster: That got me rolling, thanks. I found too some work by Horace that indicates that he considered Tyrtaeus an essential part of the history of poetics, which would have pulled him into that timeframe, and least in terms of familiarity in Roman education.
posted by SpacemanStix at 9:42 PM on November 27, 2010