Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria as a literary work

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Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria as a literary work
Gerbrandy, Piet

From the journal Hermes Hermes, Volume 148, March 2020, issue 1

Published by Franz Steiner Verlag

article, 7566 Words
Original language: English
Hermes 2020, pp 38-52
https://doi.org/10.25162/hermes-2020-0003

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While no classicist would deny that Quintilian’s “Institutio oratoria” is the most complete handbook of rhetoric transmitted from Antiquity, the work is usually mined for its information on both the Roman educational system and technical aspects of the art of speaking. The “Institutio” may be useful as a guide to eloquence, but its author frequently hints to higher aspirations. This article focuses on the literary merits of the “Institutio”, arguing that it deliberately competes with the poetical works of Horace, Vergil, and, possibly, Statius.

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Piet Gerbrandy

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