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To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called The Father of Roman Poetry. We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later

To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old Saturnian verse. He made popular the doctrines of Euhemerus, and he was in general a champion of free thought and rationalism.

Quintus Ennius
Father, Latin, Writing

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu. Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]

Quintus Ennius
Tears, Mouths, Nemo

Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor celebrate my funeral rites with weeping.

Quintus Ennius
Funeral, Honor, Tears
As quoted in "Tusculanae Disputationes" by Cicero, Book I, chapter XV, section 34,

Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.

Quintus Ennius
Father, Latin, Greek

O friend unseen, unborn, unknown, Student of our sweet English tongue, I never indulge in poetics - Unless I am down with rheumatics.

Quintus Ennius
Sweet, Home, Indulge In

Here is he laid to whom for daring deed, nor friend nor foe could render worthy meed.

Quintus Ennius
Deeds, Daring, Worthy

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