Apprenticeship Contracts in Classical Athens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9666229 |
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| Authors | Mills McArthur (Southern Adventist University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 462-465 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838823000125 |
| OpenAlex | W4380670486 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Numerous apprenticeship contracts survive among the papyri of Graeco-Roman Egypt, but scholars have been left guessing whether this documentation offers a sound comparison to job training in Classical Greece. This paper points out that such apprenticeship contracts are firmly attested in a work of Xenophon, revealing that, by the mid fourth century b.c. , Athens was already home to the practice of formal apprenticeship
Apprenticeship · Archaeology · Documentation · Work (physics · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Mechanical Engineering
| Highly cited | No |
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