The Rhetoricians of the Roman Era collection encapsulates the social attitudes and education of the Roman world. The Institutio Oratoria draws from Quintilian’s own rich experiences to provide a comprehensive training program in 12 books. It offers advice on schooling and the structure of speeches, recommends devices that will engage listeners and appeal to their emotions, while counseling on memory, delivery, and gestures.

The Perseus Classics Collection (1,114 vols.) contains works from classical Greek and Roman authors. This massive collection includes important Greek and Latin classics in their original languages; some works have an English translation. Greek and Latin grammars and commentaries are also included.

The Institutio Oratoria draws from Quintilian’s own rich experiences to provide a comprehensive training program. It offers advice on schooling, the structure of speeches, recommends devices that will engage listeners and appeal to their emotions, all the while counseling on memory, delivery, and gestures.

The Institutio Oratoria draws from Quintilian’s own rich experiences to provide a comprehensive training program. It offers advice on schooling, the structure of speeches, recommends devices that will engage listeners and appeal to their emotions, all the while counseling on memory, delivery, and gestures. This resource contains the Latin text.