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Quintus Ennius (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkᶣiːnt̪ʊs̺ ˈɛnːiʊs̺]; c. 239 – c. 169 BC) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. He is often considered the father of Roman poetry .
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Feb 29, 2024 · Quintus Ennius was an epic poet, dramatist, and satirist, the most influential of the early Latin poets, rightly called the founder of Roman literature. His epic Annales, a narrative poem telling the story of Rome from the wanderings of Aeneas to the poet’s own day, was the national epic until it.
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Ennius was a Latin poet and prose writer who lived and wrote between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. He composed an epic poem, the Annals, that covered the history of Rome and its wars from the mythological founding to the Punic Wars. He also wrote tragedies, some in Greek and some in Latin, and other genres of Minor Works. Learn more about his life, works, and influence on Latin literature.
Ennius: Annales (fragments) Quintus Ennius was born in Rudiae in southern Italy, in about 239 B.C. His "Annales" was a highly original poem , both in its form - it was was the first major epic poem in the Latin language - and in its subject matter, dealing with the whole of Roman history from mythological times to events of the poet's own ...
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History. Genre (s) Epic. Meter. Dactylic hexameter. Annales ( Latin: [anˈnaːleːs]; Annals) is the name of a fragmentary Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Ennius in the 2nd century BC. While only snippets of the work survive today, the poem's influence on Latin literature was significant.
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Jun 11, 2018 · Quintus Ennius (239-169 B.C.) was a Roman poet. Called the father of Latin poetry, he is most famous for his "Annales," a narrative poem relating the history of Rome. Ennius was born at Rudiae in Calabria.
Ennius was the most prolific poet in the early period of Latin literature and is particularly known for his epic and his dramas. He composed plays for public festivals down to the year of his death, a major narrative epic, a large amount of non-dramatic verse, and at least one work in prose.
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