1. educational purpose and basic characteristics: the educational purpose of Athens is to cultivate politicians and businessmen with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and pay attention to the harmonious development of body and mind.

2. Education stage: Education in Athens is divided into several stages, including family education, public education and military training for teenagers.

3. Women's education: The purpose of women's education in Athens is to train strong women to shoulder the responsibility of defending their territory.

4. Educational institutions: Educational institutions in Athens include gymnastics schools and gymnasiums. Private schools are more common than gymnastics schools.

5. Teacher status: In ancient Athens, teachers and servants appeared to accompany the children of slave owners to school, supervise their behavior and give appropriate guidance to their studies. Teachers and servants can beat slave owners and children.

The Core Value of Moral Education in Ancient Athens

1, morality and knowledge are integrated.

Socrates believes that "morality comes from knowledge, not nature", and morality and knowledge complement each other and are inseparable. Socrates founded a unique teaching method-"midwifery", commonly known as question-and-answer method, based on the viewpoint of the unity of morality and knowledge. The principle is that teachers let students learn knowledge by asking and answering questions.

Morality is the fundamental difference between human beings and animals.

There is an educator in the world who is called the walking encyclopedia. This is the ancient Greek educator Aristotle, who is a treasure house of ancient Greek educational thoughts and moral education experience. He divided natural life into three kinds, from low to high, namely: plant soul, animal soul and rational soul.

3. Healthy body equals noble morality.

In addition to the unity of morality and knowledge, the ancient Greeks also believed that "beauty" and "goodness" were inseparable, and morality and aesthetics were highly unified. The ancient Greeks advocated that "a healthy body equals a perfect mind", and if the body is unhealthy, there will be moral defects. Physical exercise should accompany a person's life, and poor physical fitness is not conducive to the cultivation of the soul and the establishment of morality.