Livius Andronicus started Latin epic poetry by translating this author from Greek
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about... [DOC] [TLE] Classics@3: Barbara Graziosi, Homer and the Definition of Epic [PAR] [2] Finally, I return to Homeric poetry and ask how even a brief foray in the wider 
... the most central author of the western literary canon and as sharing 
fundamental ... the first line of Latin literature is the opening of Livius Andronicus' 
translation of ... poetics of Greek epic not the focus on the Hellenic culture of the 
Latin poets,... [DOC] [TLE] Shaping the (Hi)story of Innovation.