"Ennius Perennis: the Annals and Beyond" is a collection of eight essays by an international group of scholars on different aspects of the poetry and legacy of Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC). Ennius' epic poem the "Annals" and his many other works, including tragedies, satires and epigrams, survive only in mystifying fragments, but his influence on Latin poetry was enormous. He is now beginning to be appreciated, thanks both to excellent critical editions and to more enlightened literary and historical approaches, as a complex and varied poet and a fascinating representative of an era of intense...
"Ennius Perennis: the Annals and Beyond" is a collection of eight essays by an international group of scholars on different aspects of the poetry and ...