The Major Declamations, Volume I

by Quintilian

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Mock trial--Roman style.

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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674997409

ISBN13:9780674997400

Release Date:December 2021

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 4.3" x 6.5"

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