A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence by Publius Cornelius Tacitus: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 7 original MP3 tracks, 3:01:10 running time and a link to listen.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence, credited to Publius Cornelius Tacitus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence, by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Read by Leni. The scene of the Dialogus de Oratoribus, as this work is commonly known, is laid in the sixth year of Vespasian, 75 a.D. The commentators are much divided in their opinions about the real author; his work they all agree is a masterpiece in the kind; written with taste and judgement; entertaining, profound, and elegant. It is normally considered to have been written by Tacitus, even though some ascribe it to Quintilian. The main subject is the decadence of oratory, for which the cause is said to be the decline of the education, both in the family and in the school, of the future orator. In a certain way, it can be considered a miniature art of rhetoric. (Summary by Leni)
Recording facts
- Recording title: A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, or the Causes of Corrupt Eloquence
- Author credits: Publius Cornelius Tacitus
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 7
- Listed recording duration: 3:01:10
Catalogue topics
- Latin literature
- rhetoric
- dialogue
- oratory
- classics
- Tacitus
Track guide
- 01 - Section 01 — 24:38
- 02 - Section 02 — 26:17
- 03 - Section 03 — 29:57
- 04 - Section 04 — 26:43
- 05 - Section 05 — 12:57
- 06 - Section 06 — 36:21
- 07 - Section 07 — 24:18
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