The Loeb Classical Library: Training of an Orator by H. E. Butler (1921, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674991397

ISBN-139780674991392

eBay Product ID (ePID)166745

Product Key Features

Number of Pages538 Pages

LanguageLat,Eng

Publication NameTraining of an Orator

Publication Year1921

SubjectRhetoric

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorH. E. Butler

SeriesThe Loeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length6.6 in

Item Width4.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberNo. 124-127

Number of Volumes4 vols.

Volume Number2

Dewey Decimal808.5/1

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.