Odyssia

Japanese: 《オデュッシア》 - おでゅっしあ
Odyssia

...In the following, we will look back historically at the rise and fall of Latin literature, divided into six periods, and also touch on some of its influence and reception.
[Early period (3rd to 2nd century BC)]
Latin literature, apart from oral literature, began in the 3rd century BCE, when Livius Andronicus, a native of a Greek city in southern Italy, published the epic poem Odyssia, based on Homer's Odyssey, at the time of Rome's conquest of the Italian peninsula. This was followed by two other epic poems, Naevius's The Punic Wars and Ennius's Annals.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Odyssia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以下では6期に分けてラテン文学の消長を歴史的にふりかえり,あわせてその影響と受容の一端にふれることにする。
[初期(前3~前2世紀)]
 ラテン文学は口承文学を別にすれば,前3世紀,ローマがイタリア半島を征服したときに,南イタリアのギリシア都市出身のリウィウス・アンドロニクスLivius Andronicusが,ホメロスの《オデュッセイア》に基づく叙事詩《オデュッシア》を発表したときに始まる。これに,ナエウィウスの《ポエニ戦争》とエンニウスの《年代記》の叙事詩2編が続く。…

※「《オデュッシア》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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