A collection of carefully selected passages, excerpts, or writings chosen to illustrate a subject or teach reading and understanding.
From Greek 'chrestomatheia' (learning from useful things), from 'chrestos' (useful) and 'manthanein' (to learn). Describes curated educational collections.
A 'chrestomathy' is basically an ancient education strategy: show students the best examples of a field so they learn through excellence—it's why music teachers have students study Bach and why English classes assign classic novels.
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