Ennius
Americannoun
noun
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But long passages seem rather to revert to the roughness of Ennius than to approach the smooth and varied cadences of Virgil.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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 admirers of Naevius and Ennius, in ancient times, awarded only scanty honours to the older dramatist.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The epic poetry of the age was the work of Naevius and Ennius.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The satire of Lucilius, and even that of Horace, retained many features in common with the desultory medley which Ennius had formed out of the older satura.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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