That is to say, kids learn exactly the same ancient poetry; there's a very uniform curriculum I take it. They certainly don't learn every ancient poem. Which I

That is to say, kids learn exactly the same ancient poetry; there's a very uniform curriculum I take it. They certainly don't learn every ancient poem. Which I don't mean as a criticism; the reverse. In our culture much of the Bible, Shakespeare, and selected Latin and Greek mythology formed a common base for discourse for the same reason not that long ago - before movies and TV.