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The Quintilian Page - Interesting essays on Quintilian and the beginnings of a hypertext project. The site is difficult to navigate, but worth the trouble.

Quintilian - Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca. 35-ca.
Oratory - In ancient Greece and Rome, oratory was studied as a component of rhetoric (that is, composition and delivery of speeches), and was an important skill in public and private life. Aristotle and Quintilian discussed oratory, and the subject, with definitive rules and models, was emphasised as a part of a "complete education" during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, although this was generally confined to the church.
Cornificius - Cornificius, the author of a work on rhetorical figures, and perhaps of a general treatise (ars, or techne) on the art of rhetoric (Quintilian, Instit., iii.
Theon of Samos - Theon of Samos, Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his forte consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn (Kunstlergeschichte, ii.
Gaius Julius Victor - Gaius Julius Victor (4th century) was a Roman writer of rhetoric, possibly of Gaulish origin. His extant manual is of some importance as facilitating the textual criticism of Quintilian, whom he closely follows in many places.