The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training, in which students delivered speeches for the prosecution and defense at imaginary trials. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal details animate the fictional world conjured up by these oratorical exercises.


Format Inbunden Omfång 416 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harvard University Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-12-01 ISBN 9780674997400