{"product_id":"fragmentary-republican-latin-volume-i-by-ennius-9780674997011","title":"Fragmentary Republican Latin, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuintus Ennius (239–169 BC), widely regarded as the father of Roman literature, was instrumental in creating a new Roman literary identity and inspired major developments in Roman religion, social organisation, and popular culture. Brought in 204 to Rome in the entourage of Cato, Ennius took up residence on the Aventine and, fluent in his native Oscan as well as Greek and Latin, became one of the first teachers to introduce Greek learning to Romans through public readings of Greek and Latin texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for domesticating Greek epic and drama, Ennius also pursued a wide range of literary endeavours and found success in almost all of them. His tragedies were long regarded as classics of the genre, and his \u003ci\u003eAnnals\u003c\/i\u003e gave Roman epic its canonical shape and pioneered many of its most characteristic features. Other works included philosophical works in prose and verse, epigrams, didactic poems, dramas on Roman themes \u003ci\u003e(praetextae)\u003c\/i\u003e, and occasional poetry that informed the later development of satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis two-volume edition of Ennius, which inaugurates the Loeb series \u003ci\u003eFragmentary Republican Latin\u003c\/i\u003e, replaces that of Warmington in \u003ci\u003eRemains of Old Latin, Volume I\u003c\/i\u003e and offers fresh texts, translations, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596434030828,"sku":"9780674997011","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8c974d2b1dc10e763d0fd7b925ad142c.jpg?v=1777929224","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/fragmentary-republican-latin-volume-i-by-ennius-9780674997011","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}