Ars amatoria - Ovid (a book on picking up women, TL;DR: things have not changed much since back in the ancient Rome) On speeches - Cicero (the only book that b

Ars amatoria - Ovid (a book on picking up women, TL;DR: things have not changed much since back in the ancient Rome) On speeches - Cicero (the only book that breaks down a speech is such a detail, same thing as above) Gorgias - A Socrates dialog with a Gorgias, a sophist (men that were very well versed in the art or persuading but without having real knowledge), hard as it was (and it still is nowadays ) Socrates debunks this guy claims with elegance and class.