Ancient Greek and Roman compositional instruction, as evidenced in Greek handbooks on the progymnasmata and Quintilian's Institutio Oratoria, included a strong moral component. The importance of moral pedagogy to ancient teachers and theorists is seen not only in the themes and contents of the exercises, but also in their sequencing and justification.
Keywords:
progymnasmata,
composition pedagogy,
ethics,
morality,
Theon,
Hermogenes,
Aphthonius,
Quintilian
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