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Ennius
Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC), father of Latin epic poetry, author of the Annales. Lucretius honors him as the first to bring the poet's wreath down from Helicon to Italy, while rejecting his account of an afterlife.
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Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC), father of Latin epic poetry, author of the Annales. Lucretius honors him as the first to bring the poet's wreath down from Helicon to Italy, while rejecting his account of an afterlife.