Ancient Greek training was based on forging the mind and body through exercise and poetry being the core of education for young boys. The youth studied the poetry of Homer, intending not only to learn how to read and write, but also recite verses from the Iliad and the Odyssey, thus understanding the poet’s greatness. They would memorize different parts of the poem, like the one found on a marble inscription recording the catalogue of ships that sailed to take part in the Trojan War. This inscription, belonging to the museum’s collection, dates to the 3rd century B.C. and was retrieved inside the wall of a small house close to Saint George’s church, in the castle of Chios (the so-called Frourio). The inscription corresponds to verses 603-670 of the Iliad’s 2nd rhapsody and it preserves only twelve lines, mentioning the number of ships and the name of each fleet’s captain, such as Ulysses who participated with 12 ships and Idomeneus who disposed 90 Cretan ships to the war. This inscription served educational purposes and it attests to the fact that Homer was also taught in Chios.