Ennius, Quintus

Japanese: エンニウス（英語表記）Ennius， Quintus

[Born] 239 B.C. Calabria, Ludiae
[Died] 169 B.C.
Roman poet and father of Latin literature. Grew up in the Greek cultural area of southern Italy, spoke Greek, Latin, and Oscan, and served as a centurion in the Roman army. Under the protection of Cato the Elder, he went to the capital and became a Greek teacher, began writing poetry, and gained the friendship of many influential people, including Scipio the Elder, and obtained Roman citizenship in 184 BC. His representative works include the first Roman Homeric heroic epic poem, Annales (18 volumes, completed around 169 BC), which sang of Roman history from the legendary period to his own time, and about 20 adaptations of Greek tragedies. He was a prolific writer, and also wrote praetexta plays, comedies, satras (miscellaneous poems), and epigrams, all based on episodes from Roman history. Only a few fragments remain today.

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Japanese:

[生]前239. カラブリア，ルディアエ
[没]前169
ローマの詩人。ラテン文学の父。南イタリアのギリシア文化圏で育ち，ギリシア語，ラテン語，オスク語を話し，ローマの軍隊に百人隊長として勤務。大カトーの保護を得て首都に出てギリシア語の教師となり，詩作を始め，大スキピオほか多くの有力者を友にもって，前 184年ローマ市民権獲得。代表作は，伝説時代から同時代までのローマ史を歌ったローマ最初のホメロス風英雄叙事詩『年代記』 Annales (18巻，前 169頃完成) ，およびギリシア悲劇の翻案およそ 20編。ほかにローマ史のエピソードを題材としたプラエテクスタ劇，喜劇，サトゥラ (雑録詩集) ，エピグラムなどもあり，多作であった。現存するのは一部の断片のみ。

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