Declamation was 'a toy model of oratory' in which students composed
and delivered deliberative and forensic practice speeches in
character. It was not confined to the schools: the professionals
gave public performances to large and critical audiences.
Greco-Roman education was more or less dominated by rhetoric; from
the fourth century BC down to and beyond the end of classical
antiquity declamation was an art within the larger art, inhabiting
almost a distinct world, with its own laws, customs and mores.
Latin declamation has been well studied but its Greek counterpart
is less well known. This book sets the practice of declamation in
its historical context, describes the conventional, though often
bizarre, themes of the speeches and discusses the declaimers'
public performances, rhetorical theory and knowledge and use of
classical literature and history. This book will be of interest
both to students of classical literature and to historians of
ancient society and education. The main text is written so as to be
wholly intelligible to those with no knowledge of Greek.
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