Across
- 2. famous destroyed city, first setting of the poem
- 3. number of Ennius' tragedies that survived
- 5. minor poem about Archestratus of Gela, basically a chef
- 7. war Ennius served in
- 12. meter used before Ennius'
- 13. native language
- 14. Roman adaptions and Greek plays
- 17. his reincarnation
- 19. first main character in his epic poem
- 20. Ennius' passion, he adapted many
- 21. patron of Ennius
- 25. poem named after Greek poet Sotades
- 27. innovation by Ennius in writing style
- 28. epic poem which beat Ennius for national epic later
- 29. name of Ennius' epic poem
- 30. numbers of books in the annales
- 32. minor poem about Ennius meeting Epicharmus, famed philospher
- 35. interpretation on the nature of gods
- 36. Ennius' predecessor
- 37. poem about conquest of Rome
- 39. Ennius praenomen
- 40. poem about possibly greatest roman general
- 41. composed in, similar to his influence
Down
- 1. famed founders of Rome, main characters of first few books
- 4. land of Ennius' education
- 6. last tragedy Ennius produced
- 8. annales author
- 9. Birthplace of Ennius
- 10. very big admirer of Ennius
- 11. poet on the back on his head
- 15. Ennius was known as "..."
- 16. Latin tragedies with Greek settings, Ennius' start
- 18. Ennius' tribe focused in Southern Italy
- 22. Ennius' first mentor
- 23. play Ennius wrote about infamous event with a certain group of women
- 24. number of lines that survive
- 26. tragedies set in Rome
- 31. this war was not very puny, yet somehow, it only made a brief appearence
- 33. four books that Ennius wrote, similar to fables (Saturae)
- 34. subject of his epic poem
- 38. gods who Ennius calls to