Excerpt from Studies in Ennius: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Bryn Mawr College in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThe legend was therefore recognized, long before the time of the earliest praetexta, as the explanation of Rome's origin, in symbols which set forth her civic and imperial power both within and without the city. But since a considerable interval must elapse between the rise of a legend and its representation in art, the story dates from a time long before the later years of the fourth century B. C.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.