Memorization was the most widespread feature of ancient education. You find that recounted in Quintilian and Plutarch and Musonius Rufus, Diogenes Laertius, and elsewhere. At a basic level, that included memorizing the sayings of famous teachers, and we find that all over the place in ancient literature. We find it in rhetorical handbooks. Students also memorized examples; the youngest, especially, practiced rote memorization. They would learn sayings of famous teachers, and so on. They would learn