Description: Further DetailsTitle: Declamations, Volume II: Controversiae, Books 7–10. Suasoriae. FragmentsCondition: NewEAN: 9780674995116ISBN: 9780674995116Publisher: Harvard University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/01/1974Item Height: 162mmItem Length: 108mmItem Weight: 422gLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0674995112Description: Mock trial—Roman style.Roman secondary education aimed principally at training future lawyers and politicians. Under the late Republic and the Empire, the main instrument was an import from Greece: declamation, the making of practice speeches on imaginary subjects. There were two types of such speeches: controversiae on law-court themes, suasoriae on deliberative topics. On both types a prime source of our knowledge is the work of Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Spaniard from Cordoba, father of the distinguished philosopher. Towards the end of his long life (?55 BC–?AD 40) he collected together ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. These books contained his memories of the famous rhetorical teachers and practitioners of his day: their lines of argument, their methods of approach, their idiosyncrasies, and above all their epigrams. The extracts from the declaimers, though scrappy, throw invaluable light on the influences that colored the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the Empire. Unity is provided by Seneca’s own contribution, the lively prefaces, engaging anecdotes about speakers, writers, and politicians, and brisk criticism of declamatory excess.Country/Region of Manufacture: USAuthor: Seneca the ElderTranslator: Michael WinterbottomContributor: Michael Winterbottom (Translated by)Genre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Loeb Classical LibraryItem Width: 28mmRelease Year: 1974 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Declamations, Volume II: Controversiae, Books 7–10. Suasoriae. F
Title: Declamations, Volume II: Controversiae, Books 7–10. Suasoriae. F
EAN: 9780674995116
ISBN: 9780674995116
Release Date: 01/01/1974
Release Year: 1974
ISBN-10: 0674995112
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Michael Winterbottom
Contributor: Michael Winterbottom (Translated by)
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Book Title: Declamations, Volume II : Controversiae, Books 7-10. Suasoriae. Fragments
Number of Pages: 656 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 1974
Topic: Speeches, General, Rhetoric, History
Item Height: 1.1 in
Genre: Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 20 oz
Author: Seneca the Seneca the Elder
Item Length: 6.4 in
Book Series: Loeb Classical Library
Item Width: 4.2 in
Format: Hardcover
