Ennius
Americannoun
noun
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Ennius entered on his career as a writer at a time when the long strain of a great struggle was giving place to the confidence and security of a great triumph.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
His admiration for him springs from a deeper source of spiritual sentiment than that of Ennius for Scipio, or of Virgil for Augustus.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
This plan is said to have been first put into use by the old Roman poet Ennius.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Among the modes of imaginative sentiment by which the poetry of Ennius is pervaded, those kindled by patriotic enthusiasm are most conspicuous.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
The admirers of Naevius and Ennius, in ancient times, awarded only scanty honours to the older dramatist.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
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