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Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.
Life
Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul (Gaul south of the Alps; present-day northern Italy). Virgil was of non-Roman Italian ancestry, which he alluded to and defended in the Aeneid when he said that Rome will be of mixed blood.
Early works
Virgil received his earliest education at 5 years old. He later went to Rome to study rhetoric, medicine, and astronomy, which he soon abandoned for philosophy. In this period, while Virgil was in the school of Siro the Epicurean, he began writing poetry. A group of minor poems attributed to the youthful Virgil survive, but are largely considered spurious. One, the Catalepton, consists of fourteen short poems, some of which may be Virgil's, and another, a short narrative poem titled the Culex (the mosquito), was attributed to Virgil as early as the 1st century AD. These dubious poems are sometimes referred to as the Appendix Vergiliana. More on [ Virgil ]
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lilaw8 (Lila Weems) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:53:57 -0000
Turned away @PiazzaC_9 for no ss card Now at ss office 4 rplcmnt. Fixing typos! Planning food reward...sushi zen? Virgil fried chicken??
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. *Virgil
josephbrady (Joseph Brady) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:10:42 -0000
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. *Virgil
"Your descendants shall gather your fruits." â Virgil
All_Gone (All Gone Clearance) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:40:05 -0000
"Your descendants shall gather your fruits." — Virgil
This morning Glinka tours Spain, we hear Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Virgil Thomson depicts Autumn with harp, percussion and strings.
tprclassical (TPR Classical) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:37:36 -0000
This morning Glinka tours Spain, we hear Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Virgil Thomson depicts Autumn with harp, percussion and strings.
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all. -Virgil #quote
Buildify (Buildify Blog) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:07 -0000
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all. -Virgil #quote
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. *Virgil
DIYEnergyNow (DIY Energy) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:04 -0000
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. *Virgil
About.com: Vergil and the Classical Tradition - Information on Vergil and his lasting influence on literature, with links to other Vergil essays and resources.
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Bartleby.com: Vergil - Short biography of the Latin literary giant and text of the Aeneid from the 1909 Collier translation.
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The Bucolics and Eclogues - Plain text file at Project Gutenberg.
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The Georgics - In plain text, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.
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Vergil's Home Page - Links to Vergil sources of all sorts from the Classics Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Virgil Books Online - Includes The Bucolics and EclogesThe Aeneid, and The Georgics
Virgil's Page - Includes an excerpt from the Georgics and from the Aeneid, the latter heavily annotated.
Virgil.Org - Online search of Vergil's Latin works. Links to translations, bibliography, and books.
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Virgil: Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid - English translations, downloadable by book or as a whole, by A.S. Kline.
Meta Description: [ Virgil, The Major Works. A new complete downloadable English translation of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, and other poetry translations including Lorca, Petrarch, Propertius, and Mandelshtam. ]
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