ch. 1. The exercises of Aelius Theon -- ch. 2. The preliminary exercises attributed to Hermogenes -- ch. 3. The preliminary exercises of Aphthonius the Sophist -- ch. 4. The preliminary exercises of Nicolaus the Sophist -- ch. 5. Selections from the Commentary on the Progymnasmata of Aphthonius attributed to John of Sardis, including fragments of the Treatise on Progymnasmata by Sopatros