Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2, credited to Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2 by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus. (Translated by H. E. Butler.) Read in English by Leni Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and was the first rhetorician to set up a genuine public school and to receive a salary from the State. He left behind him a treatise "On the causes of the decadence of Roman oratory" (De causis corruptae eloquentiae), some speeches and his magnum opus, the only one to survive to our days. His Institutio Oratoria, despite the fact that much of it is highly technical, has still much that is of interest to‑day, even for those who care little for the history of rhetoric. (Summary adapted from the translator's preface) This second volume covers books 4 to 6.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Institutio Oratoria (On the Education of an Orator), volume 2
• Author credits: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 8:16:28

Catalogue topics

• rome
• education
• Rhetoric
• ancient world
• declamations

Track guide

1. 01 - Book IV, Preface and Chapter 1 — 46:32
2. 02 - Book IV, Chapter 2, Part 1 — 33:19
3. 03 - Book IV, Chapter 2, Part 2 — 34:01
4. 04 - Book IV, Chapters 3 and 4 — 13:51
5. 05 - Book IV, Chapter 5 — 14:11
6. 06 - Book V, Preface, Chapters 1 to 6 — 14:03
7. 07 - Book V, Chapter 7 — 21:00
8. 08 - Book V, Chapters 8 and 9 — 11:40
9. 09 - Book V, Chapter 10, Part 1 — 33:02
10. 10 - Book V, Chapter 10, Part 2 — 34:41
11. 11 - Book V, Chapter 11 — 24:27
12. 12 - Book V, Chapter 12 — 13:30
13. 13 - Book V, Chapter 13 — 35:23
14. 14 - Book V, Chapter 14 — 21:02
15. 15 - Book VI, Preface — 10:54
16. 16 - Book VI, Chapter 1 — 32:20
17. 17 - Book VI, Chapter 2 — 22:28
18. 18 - Book VI, Chapter 3, Part 1 — 29:47
19. 19 - Book VI, Chapter 3, Part 2 — 30:32
20. 20 - Book VI, Chapters 4 and 5 — 19:45

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