Orator's Education, Volume II Books 3-5

Name: Orator's Education, Volume II Books 3-5
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ISBN: 9780674995925

ISBN-10: 0674995929

ISBN-13: 9780674995925

Edition: 2001

Authors: Quintilian, Donald A. Russell, Donald Russell

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Quintilian, born in Spain about A.D. 35, 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 emotions; reviews a wide range of Greek and Latin authors of use…

Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/10/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 4.49" wide x 6.46" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Donald A. Russell is Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.



Abbreviations And Sigla


The Orator's Education


Book Eleven


Introduction Text and Translation


Book Twelve


Introduction Text and Translation


Index Of Proper Names


Indexes To Books 1-12


General Index


Rhetorical and Grammatical


Terms Authors and Passages Quoted