You must see the feats these boys perform, especially when the king is watching them! Cambyses will certainly take you if you ask him." "I know those exercises already.

In Egypt the girls as well as the boys are kept to such gymnastic exercises.

My limbs were trained to flexibility by running, postures, and games with hoops and balls.
"How strange! Here, we women grow up just as we please, and are taught nothing but a little spinning and weaving.

Is it true that most of the Egyptian women can read and write ?" "Yes, nearly all." "By Mithras, you must be a clever people! Scarcely any of the Persians, except the Magi and the scribes, learn these difficult arts.

The sons of the nobles are taught to speak the truth, to be courageous, obedient, and to reverence the gods; to hunt, ride, plant trees and discern between herbs; but whoever, like the noble Darius, wishes to learn the art of writing, must apply to the Magi.