Painting, Interpretation, Education: Tables of Knowledge in the <i>Imagines</i> of Philostratus the Athenian

Abstract This article shows how the descriptions of paintings ( Imagines ) by ancient Greek author Philostratus (third century AD) can be viewed as pedagogical tools in introduction to higher education. presented his context a tour picture gallery for young students. In study here, is taken seriously. With means three examples, uses guide students into interpretation paintings, agriculture, and astronomy. Rather than simply present exemplary rhetorical one would expect teacher do, working tables where view simplified versions complex fields knowledge, an approach that not unlike visual presentation introductory knowledge on old-fashioned cardboard wallcharts modern schools.