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The Major Declamations, Volume III (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
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R769
Discovery Miles 7 690
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Major Declamations stand out for their unique contribution to
our understanding of the final stage in Greco-Roman rhetorical
training. These exercises, in which students learned how to compose
and deliver speeches on behalf of either the prosecution or the
defense at imaginary trials, demonstrate how standard themes,
recurring situations and arguments, and technical rules were to be
handled by the aspiring orator. And what is more, they lay bare the
mistakes that students often made in this process. The practice of
declamation was already flourishing in Greece as early as the fifth
century BC, but nearly all of its vast tradition has disappeared
except the present anthology, whose nineteen declamations are
almost the only substantial examples surviving from pre-medieval
Latinity. They seem to represent that tradition reasonably well:
although attributed to the great master Quintilian in antiquity,
internal features indicate multiple authorship from around AD 100
to the mid- or late third century, when the collection was
assembled. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal
details animates the fictional world conjured up by these
oratorical exercises, and although the themes of declamation can be
unrealistic and even absurd (often reminiscent of ancient novel and
tragedy), they seem to provide a safe space in which a student
could confront a range of complex issues, so as to attain both the
technical knowledge necessary to speak persuasively and the soft
skills needed to manage the challenges of adult life under the
Roman empire.
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The Major Declamations, Volume II (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
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R764
Discovery Miles 7 640
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Major Declamations stand out for their unique contribution to
our understanding of the final stage in Greco-Roman rhetorical
training. These exercises, in which students learned how to compose
and deliver speeches on behalf of either the prosecution or the
defense at imaginary trials, demonstrate how standard themes,
recurring situations and arguments, and technical rules were to be
handled by the aspiring orator. And what is more, they lay bare the
mistakes that students often made in this process. The practice of
declamation was already flourishing in Greece as early as the fifth
century BC, but nearly all of its vast tradition has disappeared
except the present anthology, whose nineteen declamations are
almost the only substantial examples surviving from pre-medieval
Latinity. They seem to represent that tradition reasonably well:
although attributed to the great master Quintilian in antiquity,
internal features indicate multiple authorship from around AD 100
to the mid- or late third century, when the collection was
assembled. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal
details animates the fictional world conjured up by these
oratorical exercises, and although the themes of declamation can be
unrealistic and even absurd (often reminiscent of ancient novel and
tragedy), they seem to provide a safe space in which a student
could confront a range of complex issues, so as to attain both the
technical knowledge necessary to speak persuasively and the soft
skills needed to manage the challenges of adult life under the
Roman empire.
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The Major Declamations, Volume I (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
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R768
Discovery Miles 7 680
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Major Declamations stand out for their unique contribution to
our understanding of the final stage in Greco-Roman rhetorical
training. These exercises, in which students learned how to compose
and deliver speeches on behalf of either the prosecution or the
defense at imaginary trials, demonstrate how standard themes,
recurring situations and arguments, and technical rules were to be
handled by the aspiring orator. And what is more, they lay bare the
mistakes that students often made in this process. The practice of
declamation was already flourishing in Greece as early as the fifth
century BC, but nearly all of its vast tradition has disappeared
except the present anthology, whose nineteen declamations are
almost the only substantial examples surviving from pre-medieval
Latinity. They seem to represent that tradition reasonably well:
although attributed to the great master Quintilian in antiquity,
internal features indicate multiple authorship from around AD 100
to the mid- or late third century, when the collection was
assembled. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal
details animates the fictional world conjured up by these
oratorical exercises, and although the themes of declamation can be
unrealistic and even absurd (often reminiscent of ancient novel and
tragedy), they seem to provide a safe space in which a student
could confront a range of complex issues, so as to attain both the
technical knowledge necessary to speak persuasively and the soft
skills needed to manage the challenges of adult life under the
Roman empire.
Only two works of Phlegon of Tralles (2nd century AD) have
survived: On marvellous things and On long-lived people. The former
is the main extant paradoxographic collection from classical
antiquity, most famous for its memorable ghost stories (one of
which inspired Goethe); the latter contains lists of long-lived
individuals from both archival and literary sources, of great
interest to ancient historians and students of onomastics. Both
works are extensively interspersed with oracles, mainly Sibylline.
This edition finally provides a reliable Greek text and the basic
tools to approach an amazing corner of the classical heritage.
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