Fragmentary Republican Latin / Ennius ; edited and translated by Sander M. Goldberg and Gesine Manuwald.

Other author Ennius, Quintus author.
Other author Goldberg, Sander M., 1948- editor, translator.
Other author Manuwald, Gesine, 1974- editor, translator.
Format Electronic
EditionNew edition.
PublicationCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Description1 online resource.
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Latin language, Preclassical to approximately 100 B.C.

SeriesLoeb Classical Library ; 294, 537, 540-542
Loeb classical library ; 294, 537, 540-542. ^A467228
Contents v. I. Ennius, Testimonia. Epic Fragments / edited and translated by Sander M. Goldberg and Gesine Manuwald -- v. II. Ennius, Dramatic Fragments. Minor Works / edited and translated by Sander M. Goldberg and Gesine Manuwald -- v. III. Oratory, Part 1 / edited and translated by Gesine Manuwald -- v. IV. Oratory, Part 2 / edited and translated by Gesine Manuwald -- v. V. Oratory, Part 3 / edited and translated by Gesine Manuwald.
Abstract Quintus 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 organization, 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. Best known for domesticating Greek epic and drama, Ennius also pursued a wide range of literary endeavors and found success in almost all of them. His tragedies were long regarded as classics of the genre, and his Annals 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 (praetextae), and occasional poetry that informed the later development of satire. This two-volume edition of Ennius, which inaugurates the Loeb series Fragmentary Republican Latin, replaces that of Warmington in Remains of Old Latin, Volume I and offers fresh texts, translations, and annotation that are fully current with modern scholarship. Fragmentary Republican Latin continues with oratory, an important element of Roman life from the earliest times, essential to running public affairs and for advancing individual careers long before it acquired literary dimensions, which happened once orators decided to write up and circulate written versions of their speeches after delivery. Based on the critical edition of Malcovati, this three-volume Loeb edition of Roman Republican oratory begins with Ap. Claudius Caecus (340–273 BC) and with the exceptions of Cato the Elder and Cicero includes all individuals for whom speech-making is attested and for whose speeches quotations, testimonia, or historiographic recreations survive.
General noteFragmentary Republican Latin will gradually supersede the original Loeb edition of Remains of Old Latin / translated by E.H. Warmington.
Bibliography noteIncludes index.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
LanguageText in Latin with English translation on facing pages.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Fragmentary Republican Latin. Rev. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674997011(v.1) 9780674997141(v.2) 9780674997233(v.3) 9780674997240(v.4) 9780674997257(v.5)
Other titleRemains of old Latin / with an English translation by E.H. Warmington.
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