Institutio oratoria

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Institutio oratoria is a comprehensive twelve-book treatise on rhetoric and education written by the Roman orator Quintilian, serving as one of the most influential works on classical rhetorical theory and pedagogy.

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instanceOf ancient Roman work ⓘ
didactic work ⓘ
rhetorical treatise ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition c. 95 CE ⓘ
associatedWith Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
author Quintilian ⓘ
bookCount 12 ⓘ
canonicalStatus major source for Roman rhetorical practice ⓘ
contains discussion of Greek and Latin authors ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
discusses arrangement in rhetoric ⓘ
declamation ⓘ
delivery in oratory ⓘ
elocution ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
invention in rhetoric ⓘ
memory in rhetoric ⓘ
moral character of the orator ⓘ
stages of education from childhood ⓘ
style in oratory ⓘ
training of the ideal orator ⓘ
educationalModel comprehensive lifelong training ⓘ
EnglishTitle The Orator’s Education ⓘ
linked to: Institutio oratoria
field classical rhetoric ⓘ
educational theory ⓘ
genre educational treatise ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
hasPart Book 1 ⓘ
Book 10 ⓘ
Book 11 ⓘ
Book 12 ⓘ
Book 2 ⓘ
Book 3 ⓘ
Book 4 ⓘ
Book 5 ⓘ
Book 6 ⓘ
Book 7 ⓘ
Book 8 ⓘ
Book 9 ⓘ
influenced Renaissance humanism ⓘ
early modern rhetorical theory ⓘ
medieval rhetorical education ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Roman rhetorical tradition ⓘ
keyConcept orator as a good man skilled in speaking ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
LatinTitle Institutio oratoria ⓘ
mainSubject education of the orator ⓘ
rhetorical pedagogy ⓘ
rhetorical theory ⓘ
numberOfBooks 12 ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
structure twelve-book treatise ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century CE ⓘ
usedAs textbook for rhetoric ⓘ

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Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → Institutio oratoria ⓘ
De oratore → influenced → Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria ⓘ
linked to: Institutio oratoria
Quintilian → notableWork → Institutio Oratoria ⓘ
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Quintilian → notableWork → Institutio Oratoria libri duodecim ⓘ
linked to: Institutio oratoria
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini → discovered → Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria (complete text) ⓘ
linked to: Institutio oratoria
Poggio Bracciolini → discoveredWork → Quintilian’s Institutio Oratoria ⓘ
subject linked to: Bracciolini
linked to: Institutio oratoria
Institutio oratoria → LatinTitle → Institutio oratoria ⓘ
Institutio oratoria → EnglishTitle → The Orator’s Education ⓘ
linked to: Institutio oratoria