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The Major Declamations, Volume III (Hardcover): Quintilian The Major Declamations, Volume III (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The Major Declamations, Volume II (Hardcover): Quintilian The Major Declamations, Volume II (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
R764 Discovery Miles 7 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The Major Declamations, Volume I (Hardcover): Quintilian The Major Declamations, Volume I (Hardcover)
Quintilian; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia; Translated by Michael Winterbottom; Notes by Biagio Santorelli, Michael Winterbottom
R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Le >Declamazioni maggiori (Italian, Hardcover): Andrea Lovato, Antonio Stramaglia, Giusto Traina Le >Declamazioni maggiori (Italian, Hardcover)
Andrea Lovato, Antonio Stramaglia, Giusto Traina
R4,709 Discovery Miles 47 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Giovenale tra storia, poesia e ideologia (Italian, Hardcover): Antonio Stramaglia, Stefano Grazzini, Giuseppe Dimatteo Giovenale tra storia, poesia e ideologia (Italian, Hardcover)
Antonio Stramaglia, Stefano Grazzini, Giuseppe Dimatteo
R5,431 Discovery Miles 54 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kommentar Zu Seneca Maior, Controversiae, Buch I (German, Hardcover): Francesco Citti, Biagio Santorelli, Antonio Stramaglia Kommentar Zu Seneca Maior, Controversiae, Buch I (German, Hardcover)
Francesco Citti, Biagio Santorelli, Antonio Stramaglia
R3,976 Discovery Miles 39 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Opuscula de rebus mirabilibus et de longaevis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Hardcover): Phlegon Opuscula de rebus mirabilibus et de longaevis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Hardcover)
Phlegon; Edited by Antonio Stramaglia
R2,371 Discovery Miles 23 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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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