The purpose, of course, was to educate, not entertain. Ancient historians recognized that verbatim was not always possible and not always, in fact, the most helpful. After all, a speech that took an hour or two would have to be reduced to just minutes. Therefore, condensing, summarizing, and editing were permitted, and it was recognized as perfectly acceptable. We need to understand this because it relates closely to pedagogy, that is, how people were taught—how masters taught their disciples and