LoginThe Orator's Education, V: Books 11-12 (Loeb Classical Library)
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Quintilian, born in Spain about 35 CE, became a widely known and highly successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. The Orator's Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience. It is a work of enduring importance, not only for its insights on oratory, but for the picture it paints of education and social attitudes in the Roman world.
Quintilian offers both general and specific advice. He gives guidelines for proper schooling (beginning with the young boy); analyzes the structure of speeches; recommends devices that will engage listeners and appeal to their emot
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Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 9 November 2001
ISBN-10 : 0674995953 | ISBN-13: 9780674995956
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Release date: 9 November 2001
ISBN-10 : 0674995953 | ISBN-13: 9780674995956
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