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For my part I am not
concerned with the date when oratory began to be
taught. Even in Homer we find Phoenix1 as an
instructor not only of conduct but of speaking, while
a number of orators are mentioned, the various styles
are represented by the speeches of three of the
chiefs2 and the young men are set to contend among
themselves in contests of eloquence:3 moreover lawsuits and pleaders are represented in the engravings
on the shield of Achilles.4
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