Jay Fisher teaches classics at Rutgers University.

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition offers a fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome. The parallels between phrases in the text and what would appear to be traditional Italian collocations are striking and offer sound evidence for what we might have expected but have not yet seen demonstrated fully: the inclusion of traditional Italian ritual phrases in a consciously Hellenizing narrative... I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph. -- James J. Clauss Bryn Mawr Classical Review I found his book challenging, indeed exciting; bold in its reconstructions, clear in setting out its methodology and honest in acknowledging the inevitable constraints arising from the paucity of epigraphic evidence for Ennius's pre-literary antecedents. Latomus

• Acknowledgments1. Ennius and the Italic Tradition2. The Annals and the Greek Tradition3. Ritual and Myth in the Augurium Romuli (Annals 72–91)4. Ritual, Militia, and History in Book 6 of the Annals5. Ritual, Kinship, and Myth in Book 1 of the AnnalsConclusion: The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Modern TraditionAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

Jay Fisher teaches classics at Rutgers University.

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition offers a fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome. The parallels between phrases in the text and what would appear to be traditional Italian collocations are striking and offer sound evidence for what we might have expected but have not yet seen demonstrated fully: the inclusion of traditional Italian ritual phrases in a consciously Hellenizing narrative... I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph. -- James J. Clauss Bryn Mawr Classical Review I found his book challenging, indeed exciting; bold in its reconstructions, clear in setting out its methodology and honest in acknowledging the inevitable constraints arising from the paucity of epigraphic evidence for Ennius's pre-literary antecedents. Latomus

• Acknowledgments1. Ennius and the Italic Tradition2. The Annals and the Greek Tradition3. Ritual and Myth in the Augurium Romuli (Annals 72–91)4. Ritual, Militia, and History in Book 6 of the Annals5. Ritual, Kinship, and Myth in Book 1 of the AnnalsConclusion: The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Modern TraditionAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex

Jay Fisher teaches classics at Rutgers University.

The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Italic Tradition offers a fascinating study of the language of the first hexametric epic in Rome. The parallels between phrases in the text and what would appear to be traditional Italian collocations are striking and offer sound evidence for what we might have expected but have not yet seen demonstrated fully: the inclusion of traditional Italian ritual phrases in a consciously Hellenizing narrative... I enjoyed and learned much in reading this fine monograph. -- James J. Clauss Bryn Mawr Classical Review I found his book challenging, indeed exciting; bold in its reconstructions, clear in setting out its methodology and honest in acknowledging the inevitable constraints arising from the paucity of epigraphic evidence for Ennius's pre-literary antecedents. Latomus

• Acknowledgments1. Ennius and the Italic Tradition2. The Annals and the Greek Tradition3. Ritual and Myth in the Augurium Romuli (Annals 72–91)4. Ritual, Militia, and History in Book 6 of the Annals5. Ritual, Kinship, and Myth in Book 1 of the AnnalsConclusion: The Annals of Quintus Ennius and the Modern TraditionAbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex