Rhetoric, or the art of persuasion and speaking well, was the lifeblood of the classical world, whether in the courtroom, in politics or in ruling. This new anthology brings together the most important ancient writings on the art of rhetoric from classical Greece and Rome, including works by Cicero, Aristotle, Quintilian, and Philostratus. Ranging across such themes as memory, delivert and style, they showus the enduring power of language to move, to convinve and to win. - Publisher.