Ennius

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ancient Roman poet dramatist epic poet person

Ennius was an early Roman poet, often called the "father of Roman poetry," whose epic and dramatic works profoundly shaped later Latin literature.

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Label	Occurrences
Quintus Ennius	3
Ennius canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Roman poet ⓘ dramatist ⓘ epic poet ⓘ person ⓘ
approximateBirthYear	239 BC ⓘ
approximateDeathYear	169 BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Scipio Africanus ⓘ Scipionic Circle ⓘ
birthPlace	Calabria ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Rudiae ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Greek ⓘ Oscan ⓘ
floruit	2nd century BC ⓘ 3rd century BC ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
influenced	Cicero ⓘ Horace ⓘ Lucretius ⓘ Ovid ⓘ Roman epic tradition ⓘ Virgil ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek tragedy ⓘ Homer ⓘ Roman historical tradition ⓘ
introduced	dactylic hexameter into Latin epic ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
literaryInnovation	elevated Latin poetic diction ⓘ
movement	early Latin literature ⓘ
name	Ennius self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quintus Ennius
notableWork	Annales ⓘ
occupation	playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ soldier ⓘ teacher ⓘ
religiousBelief	polytheism ⓘ
residence	Rome ⓘ
servedIn	Roman army ⓘ
title	father of Roman poetry ⓘ
usedMetre	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
worksSurviveAs	fragments ⓘ
wrote	comedies ⓘ tragedies adapted from Greek originals ⓘ
wroteAbout	Punic Wars ⓘ Roman kings ⓘ history of Rome ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgil → influencedBy → Ennius ⓘ

Ennius → name → Ennius self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quintus Ennius

Quintus → hasNotableBearers → Ennius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quintus Ennius

Marcus Fulvius Nobilior → patronOf → Ennius ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quintus Ennius