, & RY bor THE ANNALS OF Q. ENNIUS WITH INTRODUCTION "AND COMMENTARY, OTTO SKUTSCH CLARENDON PRESS » OXFORDer cw) Indorwerusibi lupus femina, conspicitommis Hine campum celer:passu permensa parumper Conicitinsituam sexe stiy um it quibus i imperatm erat tmpositosalueo [pueras circa radices montis Patttin Tierin, qui fun gis ribus stagnauera, abiecerant, ehasque regions subideus Foust specultus fexponentes, uuiditrelabente line altiewm it quo Duericrant obhaedsse ad arborem el puerorustque Sigg pam excita quae epenteexieras primo lantineeos deersise, dein euanidorur uberar ‘gratia mamas praebuisse, descent ac sus Iuariendosque Accae Larentiae uior suse, dedi Lurserbuna Enns libro promo es Caesar libro Secundo, ote oo pas lire sax Inetant inter se lstanttr re 71 0% Oceiduntur. ubi potiturratus Romulus pradam ai 12) Curantes magna cum cuca tum cupientes Regn dant operam simul auspicio auguriogue In Imonte Remus auspici sedetutque seeundam 2 0) Solus auem seruat, at Romulus pueer in alto ‘Quuctit Aventing, ervat gems stiuclantum. Certabunt urbem Romam Remoramne woearen, IND aww ceaia WERE Te Die apronty ‘Omnibus cura wire uter eset inchuperatr. Expectant uluti consul quom mittere sgnum 155) Volt, omnes auidispectant ad careers oras ‘Quam mox emittar pctose faves curr: Sieexpeetabat populus atgue ozetimebat ‘Rebus ute! magni uictria sit data ren Interea sol albus recesst in intera nocts. 1s ¢ Exin candida se radii det eta foras ux Et simul ex alto longe puleorima pracpes [Laeua uolauit ais, sini auretis exoritur 20) ‘Cedunt de cielo tr quattuor corpora sancta Auium, pracpetibus sse pulerisquelocs dat. 10s) Conspicit inde sbi data Remlus esse propria ‘Auspicioregnistablita seamna solumgue, xb 2 luppiter wtmuro fetus magis quamde mana sim xis (05) Ast hie quem nune tu tam toruitr increpuist 1 (Nec pol homo quisquam facietimpune animatus Hoe nec tu: nam mi callda dab snguine poenas o Wi Romulus cw aeificasse emplon lou Feresio, elles uncut strat ett ts edit ut eaeroue ‘dimicarent ercursu contenderent, quam rem Enalus Jn Annals testatur OM Et 32 Non S119 3.70} 1 Mao 1, Se DAs nse) aot er sag ce 2 expect fom espa opal eon (cam a Bi A 8 Suk estat guar AV cee own A Conf Seimei mat aarp) omnes ge encarta A ml) Foal at an: wc fe Br ‘inte in Seta mins Sat manasa a) Bach 33 al20 ‘COMMENTARY hears jn the unusually close parallelism an echo of Eni) 11,889) urs eladere paras. 70. ier se o be taken ether wth acon or wit cient. lictantar: "they challenge eachother, they contend The tran tion trom the technica sense of dine to tht of eontending: easy, Plat. Mere, 441 potine ut ne lier aduorsuo me ann Senteniom seems to pay withthe to menrings: ‘Stop bing (od thereby contending) agains my wish, ests nd Nonius ps ot inmaking the verb asynonymotpugnare. Cactus we the wor is as sted and funny asthe idea of wag the stecl oft sont ‘against te brass dishes (cut, ast Were) ofthe cook. The arate ‘eth is replaced by lacesserein Av. 7 15 cuugue tig ace Sunt, as its replaced by lutantarin Aen. 6 63 (above) EST 340 rats sum signieat puta, sd ali pro fo, vero onitur ratus et racum. Ennis “occidustur’ ul pot rats Romulus praedam” Since Romulus is mentioned alone one thinks fist of vitor) won ding his reigns bat perhaps an earlier victory over rabbers or catle-thieves is meant ef. Livy 14.9 (Roms tnd Rem) ‘nn eras tanta subssere sed in lavones prea omasios pet cere pastonbusque mapa duidere; Pat Rom. 8.5 iyi 40) gas eat Botuons wel Aporis domo wk aba Ha Serv. Dan. de. 8.348 cael obi pcusrecperase. Enns ‘ay be telling story similar tha of Ona (es below), scoring {owhich the brothers ct separntely;butwhereasin visser ‘Remus who i sucessful that Of Entiat would he Rows aus can hardly signify that some ind of agreement made Romulus the acknowledged leader on tis patil ooasion, nor oes the mention of booty permit the ragrent be reered 0 ‘Romulus acting alone while Rems was being held prone! (i {indeed Ennis knew that story: secon i), 7h, eeidantur: the sentence seems to end ere (Valen) probably Verran Faces, as aay, cts a whol ine reparles a sata Postponed ub, however sued by Mullet, cant hele out 20255 au vee potitur: conrest pot, seen. 416, The historia relationship ‘between third nd fourth decansion format vert samt dispute. See on pare, 8 Like Enns, Puts and Terence Pott ior examples), and lho putremur (ur) (hes), bt the participle pests, an his goes dos not belp ri tempting to find 2a survival ofthe omginal sense of rel Yo count, ally Ifthe forger who deeeived Mula (Spur, 39) sould ben right in maklog the next line begin with per (or ict Livy above). Butts pertapseaser to waumethat rats rove veld ishore, quit exceptionally. appiedtoapeston, it sense Of succes). With ori the transference to 4 fis common; compare parielely Ovi, im the sony tioned above, fst. 2. 345 fe: Rens recover the cate (72 ru praeda reepts Kem), wheteis Romuls rte emp ed (and nds in adion that Remus and the Fab ave eaten the sterifical meat, lesving nothing for binsel sd his Quine. 31S sim wen rts ue Romane mens osagus nuda , Here tris sounds almost like deliverate counter te Ea- f sftement. Ovid's story, modeled om that ofthe Pot and silat the Heracles secre, may have been invented efor him ‘explain an (entirely hypothetical privilege ofthe Fahl The ative considered by Ry Heinze (30D. Leipelg Th (1917) 29 1) that Ovi hel ited the motive from the Heraces legend in ter to pve an amusing end to his story receive song support clibeately picks up alu rata. Dracdam: tho secwsatie, aswel the ablative, with potor san Tndo-Europesn consrtton, The sswsatiefdreguet meal in and ot unknown later. alehough the pocts an, with the he exception of Sullst snd Taste, most proves avid ‘Banus uses te genitive in seen 416 di, 1. 108 sapiemeralbant ac opinionem impertorum exe liiones. quod loge ceases. neque enim in pastor bills ‘olumgue GEL. 7.6, 9 locos portopracpeibus sts pulerisfqu} leis dant. Romi apd Ennion {done srs sve menoran Serv, Ban en. 1 279;COLS ‘The fragment nrodiced hy Cie x Roma agus. The ‘ea, thettor, that dessbed ey an tpt sa hata sugurtam was ol mantesty wrong. Nev Cerise thoeshotened he plows andonited ay auipn rant ocr 10 space where it could be nsred Waa The sy tht ‘Romulus’ auspice clped tht of Rein w arly constr ih ‘he mane of aoguyaudseems toes ater cmbelshmet aang "unnaturally from the ary hewn het Te oul be arly Enna, but we shoud tot yf ott upun him wot eed, and ree ion ae owed ong han tear this would hve bet an important spac othe gary and could hry hve been set side by Creo” Rem’ pos of Sse was the Romi he rnin one outhveatna pu ote Ate tine oval separateinosn se rs ir detalrec Sad Fm 62); Komal war stationed on the Avent prope. We geal he sey eport y Se en aon Ew obits (3) fom Varo ha expo augur he hard ‘Spear to the Avene seoss tthe Peltn, tan ing posses son ofthe preatanged itso he cy, tld) Ens in he Ines ating arety om os agent. “The start about the twins thir pus uses verbs in the resent tee, ll hing rate nding reer, which shold he Substituted fe a semantically ansocepabie se devout The essen for thir having ake up thee stirs und oe desron fe seven it he cow me main a re {Beenie imperfect teme. andthe naan rope, og ing a $5 proceeds in perfects o iely hsore present a tenia peifetve vets (on sedan = dec se the nica Its Scemestrangethat although gure vp the penton ons ‘oct the un ma fo go down afr he eran he Ne a heir sations. Vane explained the coneaieion comet. and {he terse wage thoughout the pee hes him out te arate oes not prove in tight line bt eps wid stent Seti th see, goes back nt the pasts cplaing hee the contest and deserng the tension of th day precy the auspice taking ets th ton tht dy and reports he espe ing tel nthe apepit esen Mach duces concen ingate endothe ramon, where, afer the detaled sep ign. we should expect a more emphatic anuncement that sven to Romuls Passages infeed by Banivs are Vtg. Aen 12.7164, com uo ers inuica im proc ar fontibus mewn sat cre meta usstgue tee gue memo ie, ers tora rmtente samt, al ON. me 946 tno lier wdi foes concer taros... specron armen pai, "quem marc unt wstori agin tansecing the contest id the anxiety of the clowd to the animal world Ovid follows hut inthe Wording he is loss chan Viral o thelr common pure. Compare alo Lic. 3.684, ited below under rhs Tn what precede the aosoent of the gupuoum we would have afd that the twins, there probably called augurs (Cicer: ily echoing Ponies) decked toeosult thes (Ov fas. 814 peri anes). 2. Spas slp reagae Tum: aparently pospene, connecting the espmen eed Tmpunaro, Cow 12, woul! pur comme at re ping tan te mang, wel ough ted Bt out oF ee etevol and fhe uplentcs rep the price wid an acto, dear nat nated with carne comet, psted token dnt sompound fit ound im Commodi, parle yin avery late amma uotocram snp: st pro (Common. eas op. Varo Ti 691 begs cnc oP she Jom. We Scler tiv 310158 er) toat (Gro make prepare. Honor aking) te aespces: Mi: the roc stng the sane ine stds at ak {ont thos dikingus) supa augur i ite oer Mp probably ue somal caper e138 Trg dat Mian tir Scares pio ansriogics on andthe same 9t meta, Dot from ar once Sam) peered et (et is abt wens, nhs) aura Blog a0 Msn mands Newnan, are, (7) HY ffl to sovnnc) fn Soot halowing een 2m‘obtaining temporary endowment with higher potency. Most com only such hallowing was sought by a favourable anspicum, whence "aug and i deretives were felt ike upictum tee Served from aus. The word thos bosame paca syronymoss am oatly stage (e.g, Plan. A, 259; Su. 489). Tel solo. ion het ef Vato, LET. augurietauspiatcnse Cie dR; Livy 26. i, 18, Min. Fel 26.14) may simply continue a cali Dhrasing, perhaps the matric in which thes epic wes Icansferred to “augos;” or the doubling may be chosen deliberately for the sake of its solemn effect. The grouping atta 135, referring tothe same auspices (Livy 5.32.2 arburn wot ‘neguraioque coda haben), cater sages telat,“ 74, in. monte: the transmitted reading, acceptable ws fa os the ‘meu is eoncerned, snes we cull ead mont fon XVI). ut nevertheless be rejected: in monte cannot be contrasted wih Auertina, Nor should we assume tat Cero, summarizing fllet Seserption of Remus positon, whisk in any cae would most improbably send mote words Go Remus thn on Romulus, a Mituted in motor eg ie: why shoul Cero have intnioced 0 Unseabecontast? The ao ening ily to bein Mirco (ee shove), Murs, the form of te amo atest by Pau. Fest 135 nd Sere. Aon & 36 sw be prefered to Marcas as given by (Aor Vir) ra 5.1 Stud Ean. 69). sede: the mee cals fora pyre, uy insted of our yas, and the transite se deuoneratogeter wrong in sense: where se devouere isnot used in the orginal meaning of promising o's Iie to the nether pods. it everthelessmplics edn esate stow ite Som ety tral nc ae a ie ett a Sm wi’ Ieee cee gmateecmenene 2 Ue Sop eren comer Sas evpentc ram in seo ante Seecrereioamaememenerent: nate But ib ektenton iat the ation performed hn Ch hn nd mop ean tag ee based tn Eee paceaeeiae healers ‘one’ fe. Cursos isthe fst to use it more freely inthe sane of {levoting one's whol ew something (9-6. 21). The meaning 10 vote one’s attetion to something ir enparlellednd impose ‘The augur generally ss when taking the apices (de seat made specially for the purpose mentioned by Festus 47-2), andsedere fame to be used for taking auspices: Sev. de. 9.4 sectdim fugeres seer et cuspiclue captor. The pirate atested a Tendered ino Greek by Plutarch Rows. 2.1 Con. 52.7 reel. 1. 2; Coes, 47.3 ex aavotc um, Gone) wars he mst Be ‘thinking of Roman pracice and idiom sine the phate foun ‘owhete elsein Greek. andheapples in cveryintanceto Roman auspice taking, I therefore belove that tho correct reading Ie ‘uspici seer, the verb, pethaps wrongly eal ans det at i, | extend tose deyouer.The verb hus alsin with the oer vec this sectio, wich are dates due would be perfective ‘secundam excised by Jordan ve metrically redundant a sigh ilogca, but rightly dafended by Vahlen, comparing Dion. Hal. Bo. puldrruroianods miooasete 75. solu: the brothers were sid to take the suspses at dhe same tire: fe mus therefore be sated that they were aot together, and althougt the nares of the separate Hil wou do hie ents Solus may deve home the point. I what the poet ment was th Remus was not sccompatied wheress Romolis wis, a Mea range and wholly untested, he would nt have omit os 9 ‘when speaking of Romulus. Serats the regular toohnial tts. The proved, ay & normal, although Ealss uses the shortenad forms toc. S81 ples: sce te note on 38. Ate: apparenty tn eptieon ornans: mo entsat to Marcas, only bout 30 feet ss high than the major Aventine, oF lower pat of ‘that il seems to be intended 6, quaerit: absolut, makes enquiry, Seok reply’, nat carches vith gras ass objec. “Aeatino: the nae s2oms oe thrown into relia by the pause separating tie asyndston quiet seat, Latce ton (o£. Ov. fast 4,813) places Romulus oo the Palatine: the Aventine, how ‘ver, ealtested also by Sev. em. 345 Rouleau engure Fhastam de Avert mime in Palarnur el, quae ea frond et arborem fc Naevins, aconding to Varco, 5.48 dering he fume of Aventine ai anus quod eo ob Tibet erent ues ‘or may noc have had the bins of Romain mind. The reason why‘Romulus ws tansfreedto the Palatine plin-when i the cots ofthe second eentury Bc (Stud Fan. 88 2) Murcus und Aventis ‘were merged and Murcus lost is nae, the rivals wo longer fe tach otheron opposite ls, andthe archetypal piture was restored bbyshitiag Roenties tothe Plating, the place here he founded his jit. The ten aiapiia urbane for auspices taken within ths ‘pomeriurs may have been a aitonal factor: expe condone trbis, tas posily felt shouldbe urbana, and Ue AveRtine Was Dutside the pomertun. ‘genus alivountum: on gonur quai by an adjectne or genitive see the note on [vi The eompaund.aisebviousy igh Poetical tnd canaot be an agral term, no can show ao by er Specify the altitude of fight on particule oscasion. Simply ‘bra (the pacude-tenlste objection Wat ot all ire My high neglects the primitive notiomot bit, which hat ofaerature up a the sk). or, pezhaps more probably i Gonos the realy ‘shal category of bre whose fight a eld tobe aaa: eae. anguals gly, maul, tadtras (Best. 204, Paul, Fest 3 Pliny, 10.20; Ser. Dan, Aen. 1-388) Na contrasthetwoen the bieds looked out for by Romulo and hy Remus sien gens tolaraun i analterntive doses te avoid repeating we ater ‘poots say allman genur "The dincton appirenty drawn PY NigidiusFguis ap. Gall 7.6.10, aerepar desta sino, praper ‘infra, can tstetore not apply ere altutans, ler acne on (evans here wed asa noun, inl-ver-5, 49k he Oreck word aun adjective; solantes, however, and ponnipotnts ase nowy Lucretius. The Augustaypoetsaveld the wor sce especially Vier ‘ov. 1,751 olen le 9.564 ala pens compared vith Mad 22 5080. €. Aten, Nnamos. ser 4, 3(1950)289). 77 certabants aftr the scone-seting presen tense gisng the oea- tions ofthe twins it seems natural tht the case whe is brows thom theres given nthe imperfect, ‘Romam Remoramae: the ey ws to ake is name from tsar, the naming being merely another spect outer ese ndaperair. (9 Callin re 48.74 (Touring of Zale) the question pone rat iswtue otto mens 10 De wietered he Koel ue a ra may be involved: ic Anatiave 0° dives dgor roxigor st Zips kor. The ste ofthe city apparently was nota gucsion, Livy 1.6. .Romukun Remuomaquc pia cepi tis acts ubtexpost tbe educa erat urbe conden; 1-13 Palatinum primus In ‘quo Ips eat educate mura. The name Remora not mentioned “ciewhore and was probably made up by E.hiaself tgp with Reinus a Roma with Romalus, That twas 3 name ofl omen 384 Hhomonym of the appelltve rtrg, and thatthe iy wis tus “doomed not to arse probably ws his main considera; but the orm vas of course suggested him by the Remar (Rema), the ‘place on the southcastem spur of the Aventine where Rems ‘ited for his auspice, or indeed wee merely a prone sj ‘epL of Memoria. tis surprising thatthe aes rembes (Paul. Pest. BS remoresaursin wasp dictar quae acturam aged mora “comprllun) are nowhere inked withthe name of Remora and the Suspice-aking of Remus, bata tace of thivenanection nay beseen isthe derivation of Fema fom remorit, Oigo21-4 Rem. rare, que as taurae omnes a angus emores dt (Contrastod word inked inlerrogatvey by sre ae ear it cathy Askin, En, scon, 19 has lumen iubarne, Ace. og. S87 bi habe? lire gone? oth these are direct questions. Ccero requ tikes mei indret questions: Tc. Hindicororum idflsumre “fs Phas 2. 81 albus tere fer iors ls Ly 1 46.4 las Mepone jue pari lige er. epat. 1-6. 12 cup mete, ud rem? Ce Rohe Stegr 1528 3, “7. omnibus cura wri: the background story. which began stating the pointol the vomtention cantinse to the same tense (SUPP erat) ‘eseribing the interest which arouses. The naratve of he actual vents stats a 8 with ere dri ter taken up by popular no Sposa sigaiance (as csingishing a wari class rom the em ‘hoa people. arsan, lls of the sl et. al rpreseted inthe ‘oving band of the twins’ followers) shovid be atached ta the ‘word ‘Grete origina long fina is ere sn i the al, where iti ‘ptr a ess frequent thm in the ese ine fall wherever nsible the short alternative sul be chonen. RG. Kent's View (Melanges Marouseae, pp M8) hat de quantity is here no dus othe erga ong vowel ut wo te fat tat te spas closed, the pauset?) atthe daecess preveming the ow being awn 19 the followiag word, i mistaken i fal to explain why shor= Nowell sllables, as ine. duct ate never ‘closed inthe fal Tcuperstore x0 lc ann. 322,367,577 nduperantu 412 con nase mperaor (een 3); pert (cen. 220) The preposition endo (indy), 25 used by Eanius, sap arctias vliized for meta Soneniences idhperator ind tudipero, and probably aso ttauofans 173, ane neologane coined 10 be ass wos