Gian Biagio Conte

"(To Livius Andronicus, Odusia, 1 Morel}} The verse, probably the opening line of the poem, is a learned and refined transposition into the language and culture of Rome of the famous beginning of the Odyssey: “àndra moi ènnepe, Moûsa” (read Musa), polỳtropon. The verb inseco, rare and archaic (here imperative), has the same root as the Greek verb (and also, for example, the English to say and the German sagen, which means "to say"); versutum is partly a calque of polỳtropon (verto / verso = Greek trèpō / tròpos); the Greek Muse is Romanized as Camena (the Camenae or Casmenae, ancient Latin goddesses of springs, were assimilated to the Muses because of the similarity of their name, certainly Etruscan, to carmen)."

"(To Livius Andronicus, ‘'Odusia’', 20 Morel}} The longest fragment of Livy's epic poem, which translates and interprets Odyssey, 8, 138 ff."

"(To Quintus Ennius, Annales, 34-50 Skutsch}} [Eurydice] not to be confused with the heroine of the same name wife of Orpheus [...] better known as Creusa [...]."

"(To Quintus Ennius, ‘'Annales’', 183-190 Skutsch}} “The homeland must be redeemed with iron, not gold”: thus Camillus (362 BC) – according to the account of Livy, 5, 49, 3 – incites his fellow citizens to take up arms against the Gauls, renouncing peace negotiations with Brenno, the enemy leader."