Search Results: the annals of quintus ennius by ennius quintus

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1st ed. VG copy, some light discolouration to boards, ink name to ffep, no jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1925.

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Spine darkened. Foxing to rear endpapers. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Former owner's name to ffep. ; The Annals was an epic poem in fifteen books, later expanded to eighteen, covering Roman history from the fall of Troy in 1184 BC down to the censorship of Cato the Elder in 184 BC. It was the first Latin poem to adopt the dactylic hexameter metre used in Greek epic and didactic, leading it to become the standard metre for these genres in Latin poetry. The Annals became a school text for Roman schoolchildren, eventually supplanted by Virgil's Aeneid. About 600 lines survive. ; 0.63 x 6.3 x 4.8 Inches; 246 pages .

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Not printed to order.

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. 1985. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Discoloration to jacket, flaps, and sunning to spine. Minor creasing at edges. Else fine, clean internals. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Rome).

Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0198144482 . Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep (Robert Brown). Faint shelfwear. ; 848 pages .

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, 1985. Hardcover. New. 768 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.75 inches.