The Greek historian Xenophon (431 - 352 B.C.E.) wrote: “When a boy ceases to be a child, and begins to be a lad, others release him from his [tutor] and from his [teacher]; he is then no longer under them, but is allowed to go his own way. ”
كتب المؤرخ اليوناني زينوفون (‏ ٤٣١ -‏ ٣٥٢ ق‌م )‏ :‏ « عندما يكبر الولد ويدخل مرحلة الفتوَّة ،‏ يحرره الآخرون من [مربّيه] ومن [معلمه] ؛‏ فلا يعود تحت وصايتهما بل يُسمح له بالذهاب في سبيله » .‏