{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Classis","provider_url":"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis","author_name":"Chris Schlect","author_url":"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis\/author\/cschlect\/","title":"Experiments in Old-School Rhetoric - Classis","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zSzyCEf3OW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis\/experiments-in-old-school-rhetoric\/\">Experiments in Old-School Rhetoric<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis\/experiments-in-old-school-rhetoric\/embed\/#?secret=zSzyCEf3OW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Experiments in Old-School Rhetoric&#8221; &#8212; Classis\" data-secret=\"zSzyCEf3OW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/classicalchristian.org\/classis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ciceron_denuncia_a_Catilina_por_Cesare_Maccari.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":459,"description":"Originally published in\u00a0Classis Volume XXIV, Number II Cicero\u2019s orations against Catiline were not built in a day. A long, rich tradition of rhetorical instruction produced the likes of Hortensius, Cato the Younger, and Cicero. We who aim to recover this tradition, hoping to adapt its best insights to our own day, still have a great [&hellip;]"}