O estudo de Latim e Grego na antiguidade: estudo e tradução dos schoolbooks dos hermeneumata pseudodositheana

Abstract

The Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana is a collection of bilingual teaching materials in Ancient Greek and Latin, currently preserved in copies from the Middle Ages. Diverse evidences indicate that parts of this collection date to the Roman Empire period and were widely used in educational settings from the early third century AD, in both the Eastern part of the empire where Greek was predominant and the Western part where Latin was dominant. What stands out from the diverse materials of the collection are the Colloquia, short compositions that provide elements for learning Greek and Latin by depicting scenes from everyday life in the Roman empire, featuring practical phrases for normal situations to short dialogues related to some social activities. The goal of this work is to study, translate, and provide commentaries for some of the Colloquia in the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana, particularly those that offer insights into the educational life of children and adolescents which are particularly interesting due to their metadiscursive nature (educational tools representing acts of education). The translation is accompanied by comments on the translation process and explanations about the terms chosen to accomplish it. Additionally, we present an analysis of the information delivered by the material compared to that obtained through the bibliography about ancient education. The goal of this work is to provide unpublished sources in Portuguese for those people who are interested in studying the history of education or the teaching of languages and cultures in Antiquity. Keywords: bilingualism, teaching ancient languages, Greco-Latin education.