Ennius

Question 1

What was Ennius’ full name

Answer 1

Quintus Ennius

Question 2

When was Ennius born

Answer 2

239 BC

Question 3

Where was Ennius born

Answer 3

Rudiae, near Lecce, ancient Calabria, modern-day Apulia, south of Tarentum

Question 4

Why was Ennius said to have “three hearts” or “tria cordia”

Answer 4

He knew three languages: latin, greek, and oscan

Question 5

When did Ennius arrive to Rome

Answer 5

In the middle of the second Punic War, 204 BC

Question 6

Who brought Ennius to Rome

Answer 6

Cato the Elder, after they met in Sardinia

Question 7

Who did Ennius accompany to Greece in 189-187 BC

Answer 7

Marcus Fulvius Nobilior

Question 8

When did Ennius die

Answer 8

169 BC, during the Ludi Apollinares

Question 9

When was Ennius’ last tragedy premiered

Answer 9

169 BC

Question 10

What was Ennius’ last tragedy

Answer 10

Thyestes

Question 11

How many quotations do we have from Ennius’ cothurnatae

Answer 11

nearly 200 fragments comprising around 400 verses

Question 12

How many verses are left from Ennius’ Ambracia and Sabinae

Answer 12

six verses

Question 13

What does Ennius’ Caupuncula transalte to

Answer 13

The Innkeeper’s Wife

Question 14

What does Ennius’ Pancratiastes translate to

Answer 14

The Wrestler

Question 15

What verse was Ennius’ Annales in

Answer 15

hexameters

Question 16

How many books is Ennius’ Annales

Answer 16

18

Question 17

How many fragments do we have from Ennius’ Annales

Answer 17

437 fragments, and about 600 verses

Question 18

What does Ennius’ didactic work Hedyphagetica translate to

Answer 18

Eating Well

Question 19

What was Ennius’ Hedyphagetica inspired by

Answer 19

a brief Greek poem by Archestratus of Gela c. 350 BC

Question 20

What was the first attested Latin poem in hexameters

Answer 20

Ennius’ Hedyphagetica

Question 21

How many verses do we have from Ennius’ Hedyphagetica

Answer 21

11, preserved by Apuleius’ Apologia

Question 22

What verse is Ennius’ Sota in

Answer 22

Sotadean meter

Question 23

How many books of Ennius’ Saturae are there

Answer 23

4 or 6

Question 24

How many fragments do we have of Ennius’ Saturae

Answer 24

18 fragments, 34 verses

Question 25

How much do we have of Ennius' Scipio

Answer 25

None

Question 26

Who is Ennius' Euhemerus based on

Answer 26

Euhemerus of Messina, who believed that belief in the gods started by stories of ancient heroes who became deified

Question 27

What verse is Ennius' Epicharmus written in

Answer 27

trochaic septenarii

Question 28

What does Ennius' Protrepticus translate to

Answer 28

Speech of Exhortation

Question 29

What meter did Ennius compose his epigrams in

Answer 29

elegiac couplets

Question 30

How many of Ennius' epigrams do we have

Answer 30

four: two honoring himself and two honoring Scipio Africanus

Question 31

What year is Ennius' Thyestes from

Answer 31

169 BC

Question 32

Where does Volcacius Sedigitus rank Ennius

Answer 32

last

Question 33

Who is Ennius' Ambracia a celebration of

Answer 33

Nobilior, specifically Nobilior's campaign against the Aetolians

Question 34

What genre is Ennius' Ambracia

Answer 34

fabula pratexta

Question 35

What do books 1-3 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 35

Aeneas' arrival in Italy, the founding of the city, Romulus and Remus, and the period of the Roman kings

Question 36

What do books 4-6 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 36

The wars with the native Italians and the war against Pyrrhus

Question 36

What do books 7-10 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 36

The Punic Wars

Question 37

What do books 10-12 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 37

The campaigns in Greece after the defeat of Hannibal

Question 38

What do books 13-16 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 38

The Syrian Wars and (in book 15) Fulvius Nobilior's triumph over the Aetolians

Question 39

What do books 16-18 of Ennius' Annales cover

Answer 39

The most recent military campaigns, perhaps even coming down to the time of Ennius' death

Question 40

Which books of Ennius' Annales had great proems

Answer 40

1 and 7

Question 41

Ennius believed he was a reincarnation of which author

Answer 41

Homer

Question 42

In which book of Annales' proem does Ennius claim he is a reincarnation of Homer

Answer 42

1

Question 43

Who often wrote hexameters in all dactyls or all spondees

Answer 43

Ennius

Question 44

Who invented the word taratantara to reproduce the sound of a bugle

Answer 44

Ennius