Training of an Orator, Volume IV: Training of an Orator: Volume IV. Books 10-12 (Loeb Classical Library) - Hardcover

Quintilian

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9780674991415: Training of an Orator, Volume IV: Training of an Orator: Volume IV. Books 10-12 (Loeb Classical Library)

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ISBN 10: 0674991419 ISBN 13: 9780674991415

Publisher: Loeb Classical Library, 1922

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Quintilian was born in Spain about A.D. 35; he became a well-known and prosperous teacher of rhetoric in Rome, probably the first to receive a salary as such from public funds. His Institutio Oratoria (Training of an Orator), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience. Here Quintilian gives guidelines for proper schooling (beginning with the young boy); analyzes the structure of speeches and recommends devices for engaging listeners and appealing to their emotions; reviews a wide range of Greek and Latin authors of use to the orator; and counsels on memory, delivery, and gestures. This practical guide, in lucid style, provides valuable insight on Roman education. The work also yields many a memorable comment on the styles of various writers.

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