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The Loeb Classical Library: Training of an Orator by H. E. Butler (1922, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674991419

ISBN-139780674991415

eBay Product ID (ePID)141211

Product Key Features

Number of Pages556 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTraining of an Orator

SubjectRhetoric

Publication Year1922

TypeTextbook

AuthorH. E. Butler

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

SeriesThe Loeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length6.6 in

Item Width4.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberNo. 124-127

Number of Volumes4 vols.

Volume Number4

Dewey Decimal808.5/1

Original LanguageLatin

SynopsisQuintilian 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.