Ennius

American  

[en-ee-uhs] / ˈɛn i əs /

noun

1. Quintus 239–169? b.c., Roman poet.

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Ennius British  

/ ˈɛnɪəs /

noun

1. Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). 239–169 _bc , Roman epic poet and dramatist

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Example Sentences

In his Hecuba, also, and probably in his Iphigenia, Ennius made free use of the dramas founded on the same subjects by Euripides.

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.

The opening lines of the Medea of Ennius may be quoted as probably a fair specimen of the degree of faithfulness with which the early Roman tragedians translated from their originals.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The powerful impulse given to Roman tragedy by Ennius was sustained till about the beginning of the first century b.c., first by his nephew M. Pacuvius and after him by L. Accius.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

A few lines from this translation or adaptation of Ennius, giving an account of the coasts on which the best fish are to be found, have been preserved by Apuleius.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.