Ennius

Well has Ennius said, "Kindnesses misplaced are nothing but a curse and disservice."

And Persius favours me, by saying, that Ennius was the fifth from the Pythagorean peacock.

But the chief distinction of Ennius was gained in tragic and narrative poetry.

Ennius called his didactic poem on natural philosophy Epicharmus after the comic poet.

The verse of Ennius is sometimes crude and harsh, but it contains many fine lines and grand passages.