| Q. ENNIUS, 239-170 b.c., LIFE, TIMES, AND PERSONAL TRAITS.
VARIOUS WORKS. GENIUS AND INTELLECT. | | Importance of Ennius | 62 | | Notices of his life | 63 | | Influences affecting his career | 64 | | Italian birth-place | 64 | | Greek education | 65 | | Service in Roman army | 66 | | Historical importance of his age | 68 | | Intellectual character of his age | 69 | | Personal traits | 71 | | Description of himself in the Annals | 72 | | Intimacy with Scipio | 74 | | His enthusiastic temperament | 75 | | Religious spirit and convictions | 77 | | Miscellaneous works | 79 | | Saturae | 81 | | Dramas | 83 | | Annals | 88 | | Outline of the Poem | 89 | | Idea by which it is animated | 92 | | Artistic defects | 93 | | Roman character of the work | 94 | | Contrast with the Greek Epic | 96 | | Contrast in its personages | 96 | | Contrast in supernatural element | 97 | | Oratory in the Annals | 98 | | Description and imagery | 100 | | Rhythm and diction | 102 | | Chief literary characteristics of Ennius | 106 | | Energy of conception | 107 | | Patriotic and imaginative sentiment | 110 | | Moral emotion | 112 | | Practical understanding | 113 | | Estimate in ancient times | 116 | | Disparaging criticism of Niebuhr | 118 | |
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