Cicero — De Oratore (On the Orator)

Cicero's dialogue on the ideal orator, who must unite broad learning, philosophy, and eloquence. It is among the most influential works ever written on the art of public speaking.

Sources for Cicero — De Oratore (On the Orator)

• Read the full text
• https://archive.org/details/ciceroonoratoryo00cice
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Oratore

Cicero — De Oratore (On the Orator) in Rhetoric

Held in the Rhetoric chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.

• Aristotle — Rhetoric (−330)
• Quintilian — Institutio Oratoria (The Orator's Education) (95)
• Demosthenes — The Public Orations (−323)
• Longinus — On the Sublime (100)
• Augustine — De Doctrina Christiana (On Christian Doctrine) (397)
• Vico — The New Science (1725)
• Blair — Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1783)