{"product_id":"9780674997424-major-declamations-volume-iii","title":"The Major Declamations, Volume III","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Major Declamations\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMock trial—Roman style.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Major Declamations\u003c\/i\u003e   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 aspiring orator. And what is more, they   lay bare the mistakes that students often made in this process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeclamation was practiced in the ancient world from as early as the  fifth century BC, but most of its vast tradition has disappeared. The  surviving material is mainly in Greek, from the second century AD  onward. In Latin the nineteen declamations in the present anthology are  by far the most important evidence. In antiquity they were attributed to  Quintilian, but they are now thought to be the work of several authors  and to date from around AD 100 to the mid- or late third century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA  wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal details animates   the fictional world conjured up by these oratorical exercises, and   although the themes of declamation can be unrealistic and even absurd   (often reminiscent of ancient novel and tragedy), they seem to provide a   safe space in which a student could confront a range of complex  issues,  so as to attain both the technical knowledge necessary to speak   persuasively and the soft skills needed to manage the challenges of   adult life under the Roman empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39771661729889,"sku":"9780674997424","price":23.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41274705.jpg?v=1779081013","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674997424-major-declamations-volume-iii","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}