Title: The orator's education
Description: Quintilian, born in Spain about 35 CE, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The Orator's Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social attitudes.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Oratory, Latin language materials, Other prose: classical, early & medieval, Public speaking / elocution, Rhetoric, Literature: Classics, Latin Literature, Language Arts & Disciplines, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, Latin, Ancient Rome, Public Speaking, Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical, Ancient - Rome, Art oratoire, Ouvrages avant 1800, Retorica, Oratory--early works to 1800, Education, Education--rome, Pa6650.e5 r87 2001, 808.5/1