Abstract
The forms of classical languages teaching at grammar schools in the second half of the 19th century have been already thoroughly discussed. At present, the attention is turned to forms of Ancient history lessons, German and Czech, in which the knowledge of Ancient history ought to be complemented by information received in Latin and Greek lessons.
Despite that, graduates of classical grammar schools did not gain the true image of Antiquity; it stayed a vague notion for them. M.
Svatoš showed that graduates did not acquire the interest in Antiquity and the presented paper proves that also history classes did not contribute to familiarizing the ancient world and its rich cultural heritage to students either. Neither the wealthy patron Vojtěch Lanna younger nor a bit poorer secondary school teacher and the patron of needy students Josef Wünsch did not professionally occupy themselves with Antiquity.
Both began to perceive Antiquity through visiting museums and galleries, cities with Ancient traditions, ruins and excavations.