Research Catalog

Title

The major declamations / [Quintilian] ; edited by Antonio Stramaglia ; translated by Michael Winterbottom ; with notes by Biagio Santorelli and Michael Winterbottom.

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Quintilian
• Stramaglia, Antonio
• Winterbottom, Michael, 1934-
• Santorelli, Biagio

Description

3 volumes : illustrations; 17 cm.

Summary

"A controversia is a speech purporting to be delivered on behalf of either the prosecution or the defense in an imaginary trial. Slightly simpler is the suasoria, a speech of advice addressed to a mythological or historical character on the verge of making an important decision. Learning how to compose and deliver such speeches, known collectively as declamations (Lat. declamationes, Gk. meletai), was the final stage in the traditional Greco-Roman rhetorical training, which was considered the necessary preparation for public activity throughout the Roman imperial age. Although criticized for the often far-fetched nature of its subjects, declamation remained for more than six centuries the keystone of education for any young citizen who could afford a 'high-school' training. At the same time, this school practice quickly earned the favor of a large audience of professional rhetoricians, enthusiasts, and people of average education: by the 1st century AD, public performances of fictive speeches were among the most popular events in the cultural life of the Roman empire. With its fictional universe of characters, laws, and recurring situations, declamation shaped a cultural background common to the writers and readers of the Greco-Roman world, who all shared the same--more or less standardized--rhetorical education. Among all the extant sources, the nineteen 'Major declamations' wrongly ascribed to Quintilian stand out for their contribution to our understanding of ancient declamation. They are virtually the only fully developed controversiae surviving from pre-medieval Latinity, invaluable because they show how a student was expected to handle the themes, the recurring situations and arguments, the technical rules. And what is more, they lay bare the mistakes that were often made in the process."--

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; LCL 547-LCL 549

Uniform Title

• Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores). English (Winterbottom)
• Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores). Latin (Stramaglia)
• Loeb classical library ; 547-549.

Subject

• Quintilian
• Oratory, Ancient
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin > Translations into English
• Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin

Genre/Form

Speeches.

Note

• Attributed author's name appears on title pages in square brackets.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.

Contents

• Volume I. Preface / Antonio Stramaglia, Michael Winterbottom, Biagio Santorelli -- General introduction -- Declamations 1-5.
• Volume II. Declamations 6-11.
• Volume III. Declamations 12-19 -- Fragments.

Call Number

PA6156

ISBN

• 9780674997400
• 0674997409
• 9780674997417
• 0674997417
• 9780674997424
• 0674997425

LCCN

2021932924

OCLC

1281676604

Title

The major declamations / [Quintilian] ; edited by Antonio Stramaglia ; translated by Michael Winterbottom ; with notes by Biagio Santorelli and Michael Winterbottom.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; LCL 547-LCL 549

Loeb classical library ; 547-549.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages ; introduction and notes in English.

Added Author

Quintilian, attributed name.

Stramaglia, Antonio, editor.

Winterbottom, Michael, 1934- translator, writer of supplementary textual content.

Santorelli, Biagio, writer of supplementary textual content.

Added Title

Container of (expression): Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores). English (Winterbottom)

Container of (expression): Declamationes pseudo-Quintilianeae (Maiores). Latin (Stramaglia)

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA6156 .Q562