Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric (Writings from the Greco-Roman World)
These four ancient progymanasta set out the beginning rules for  discourse that any literate person of that time would have brought to the  task. Included are excellent introductions and footnotes for adequate  insight into these instructions. --Thomas H. Olbricht, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion,  Pepperdine University