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trivium
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thumb|right|Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore. thumb|Allegory of Grammar. Priscian on the left teaches Latin grammar to his students on the right. Relief by [[Luca della Robbia. Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.]]
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- Subclass of
- liberal arts education
- Has part
- logic
- Followed by
- quadrivium
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- trivium
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thumb|right|Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore. thumb|Allegory of Grammar. Priscian on the left teaches Latin grammar to his students on the right. Relief by [[Luca della Robbia. Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.]]
The trivium is the lower division of the seven liberal arts and comprises grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
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