{"title":"Quintilian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuintilian\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into the art of rhetoric and education, blending theoretical guidance with practical advice for aspiring orators. His works explore the nuances of effective speech, argumentation, and the cultivation of eloquence, making them essential reading for students of communication and classical literature alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into texts such as \u003cem\u003eThe Major Declamations\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Orator’s Education\u003c\/em\u003e, readers can expect a rich examination of oratorical training rooted in ancient traditions. Quintilian’s contributions remain pivotal in understanding the principles of persuasion and cultural expression within the realms of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-major-declamations-volume-ii-by-quintilian-9780674997417","title":"The Major Declamations, Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Major Declamations\u003c\/i\u003e 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 defence at imaginary trials, demonstrate how standard themes, recurring situations and arguments, and technical rules were to be handled by the aspiring orator. Moreover, they lay bare the mistakes that students often made in this process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. Its 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal details animates the fictional world conjured up by these oratorical exercises. 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. This enabled them 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599672230124,"sku":"9780674997417","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d4e274843e9c55fd19cb00070de6d244.jpg?v=1778021876"},{"product_id":"the-orators-education-volume-iii-by-quintilian-9780674995932","title":"The Orator’s Education, Volume III","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuintilian, born in Spain about 35 CE, became a widely known and highly successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. \u003cem\u003eThe Orator's Education\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eInstitutio Oratoria\u003c\/em\u003e), a comprehensive training programme in twelve books, draws on his own rich experience. It is a work of enduring importance, not only for its insights on oratory, but for the picture it paints of education and social attitudes in the Roman world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQuintilian offers both general and specific advice. He gives guidelines for proper schooling (beginning with the young boy); analyses the structure of speeches; recommends devices that will engage listeners and appeal to their emotions; reviews a wide range of Greek and Latin authors of use to the orator; and counsels on memory, delivery, and gestures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Russell's new five-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Orator's Education\u003c\/em\u003e, which replaces an eighty-year-old translation by H. E. Butler, provides a text and facing translation fully up to date in light of current scholarship and well tuned to today's taste. Russell also provides unusually rich explanatory notes, which enable full appreciation of this central work in the history of rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603258392812,"sku":"9780674995932","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674995932-the-orator-s-education-volume-iii.jpg?v=1778058993"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/quintilian.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}