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A fresh look at the multicultural influences on Quintus Ennius and his epic poem, the Annals.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Ennius and the Italic Tradition
2. The Annals and the Greek Tradition
3. Ritual and Myth in the Augurium Romuli (Annals 72–91)
4. Ritual, Militia, and History in Book 6 of the Annals
5. Ritual, Kinship, and Myth in Book 1 of the Annals
Conclusion: The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Modern Tradition
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Jay Fisher teaches classics at Rutgers University.

Reviews

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition offers a fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome. The parallels between phrases in the text and what would appear to be traditional Italian collocations are striking and offer sound evidence for what we might have expected but have not yet seen demonstrated fully: the inclusion of traditional Italian ritual phrases in a consciously Hellenizing narrative... I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph. -- James J. Clauss Bryn Mawr Classical Review