Ennius
Americannoun
noun
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Ennius was esteemed a greater poet than Virgil, and Cato a greater prose writer than Cicero.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
The more recondite learning of Ennius was probably as strange to him as that of Ben Jonson was to Shakspeare.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The work of Naevius differed from that of Ennius in this respect, that it treated of one particular portion of Roman history, and did not profess to unfold the whole annals of the State.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
Another point in which there is some affinity between Ennius and Lucretius is their religious temper and convictions.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The old Roman party, in opposition to whom Ennius and his friends are supposed to have introduced the new taste and suppressed the old, never showed any zeal in favour of poetry of any kind.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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