{"product_id":"lesser-declamations-volume-ii-hardcover-by-quintilian","title":"Lesser Declamations, Volume II Hardcover by Quintilian","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-05-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e464\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674996199\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMock trial—Roman style.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Declamations\u003c\/i\u003e,  dating perhaps from the second century AD and attributed to Quintilian,  might more accurately be described as emanating from “the school of  Quintilian.”  The collection—here made available for the first time in  translation—represents classroom materials for budding Roman lawyers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The instructor who composed these specimen speeches for fictitious court  cases adds his comments and suggestions concerning presentation and  arguing tactics—thereby giving us insight into Roman law and education. A  wide range of scenarios is imagined.  Some evoke the plots of ancient  novels and comedies: pirates, exiles, parents and children in conflict,  adulterers, rapists, and wicked stepmothers abound. Other cases deal  with such matters as warfare between neighboring cities, smuggling,  historical (and quasi-historical) events, tyrants and tyrannicides. Two  gems are the speech opposing a proposal to equalize wealth, and the case  of a Cynic youth who has forsworn worldly goods but sues his father for  cutting off his allowance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of the original 388 sample cases in the collection, 145 survive. These  are now added to the Loeb Classical Library in a two-volume edition, a  fluent translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey facing an updated Latin  text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eD. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554476839073,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674996199","price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674996199.jpg?v=1781769951","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/lesser-declamations-volume-ii-hardcover-by-quintilian","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}