"Quintilian, premier guide of wayward youth,
Quintilian, glory of the Roman toga."
---Trans. from Martial, II., 90. 1-2.
Welcome to Brian Lewis's Quintilian page. Here you will learn all you ever wanted to know (and then some) about Quintilian.
At this site, you will find the following:
An annotated hypertext of Books I-VI of Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria. For a sample, take a look at Chps. 1-10 of Book II.
A discussion of Quintilian's views on....subjects near and dear to him.
Links to Quintilian-oriented web sites on the net as well as a list of non-internet sources of information on Quintilian.
An analysis of the history and rhetoric of Institutio Oratoria.
A discussion of Quintilian's influence on Roman art.
A "choose your own adventure" story for beginning-level composition/rhetoric students that teaches the practical applications of Quintilian's principles .
An on-line forum on Quintilian and the ancient rhetoricians.
An explanation of how Quintilian relates to the degradation of the writing teacher.
Send comments on this page to lewisbr4@pilot.msu.edu.