Description
Of all the philosophical and rhetorical treatises of Cicero, his three books "On the Orator" (de Oratore) represent perhaps the most polished and appealing. Here is Rome's consummate orator and composer of forensic and political speeches, at the height of his powers, giving the considered results of his personal experience - not the dry theorising and bickering of different schools of declamation - in a way which continually keeps in view the practical needs of one who wishes to play the part of a true Roman citizen in the contests of the popular assemblies and the law-courts.
Author: Cicero
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07/25/2002
Pages: 584
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.46w x 1.22d
ISBN13: 9781853996313
ISBN10: 1853996319
BISAC Categories:
- History | Ancient | Rome
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Literary Criticism | Ancient and Classical