The Orator\'s Education, Volume III: Books 6-8

Quintilian,borninSpainabout35CE,becameawidelyknownandhighlysuccessfulteacherofrhetoricinRome.TheOrator\'sEducation(InstitutioOratoria),acomprehensivetrainingprogramintwelvebooks,drawsonhisownrichexperience.Itisaworkofenduringimportance,notonlyforitsinsightsonoratory,butforthepictureitpaintsofeducationandsocialattitudesintheRomanworld.Quintilianoffersbothgeneralandspecificadvice.Hegivesguidelinesforproperschooling(beginningwiththeyoungboy);analyzesthestructureofspeeches;recommendsdevicesthatwillengagelistenersandappealtotheiremotions;reviewsawiderangeofGreekandLatinauthorsofusetotheorator;andcounselsonmemory,delivery,andgestures.DonaldRussell\'snewfive-volumeLoebClassicalLibraryeditionofTheOrator\'sEducation,whichreplacesaneighty-year-oldtranslationbyH.E.Butler,providesatextandfacingtranslationfullyuptodateinlightofcurrentscholarshipandwelltunedtotoday\'staste.Russellalsoprovidesunusuallyrichexplanatorynotes,whichenablefullappreciationofthiscentralworkinthehistoryofrhetoric.,