Virgil

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October 17, 0070 in Rome, Italy

died

September 23, 0019

gender

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Poetry

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Publius Vergilius Maro (also known by the Anglicised forms of his name as Virgil or Vergil) (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC) was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works—the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Aeneid—although several minor poems are also attributed to him.

The son of a farmer, Virgil came to be regarded as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid can be considered a national epic of Rome and has been extremely popular from its publication to the present day.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 24,216 ratings · 925 reviews · 358 distinct works

	The Aeneid by Virgil (Author), Robert Fitzgerald (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 22,804 ratings — published -19 — 391 editions	My rating:
	Vergil's Aeneid: Books I-VI by Virgil, Clyde Pharr 4.20 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 1916 — 31 editions	My rating:
	The Eclogues: Dual Language Edition by Virgil, Guy Lee (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 236 ratings — published -38 — 77 editions	My rating:
	The Georgics by Virgil, L.P. Wilkinson (Introduction), Betty Radice (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 181 ratings — published -29 — 57 editions	My rating:
	Doomed Love by Virgil, W.F. Jackson Knight (translator) 3.68 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Virgil, Volume II: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana (Loeb Classical Library, No 64) by Virgil, G.P. Goold 4.45 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The "Eclogues" And "Georgics" 3.77 avg rating — 80 ratings — published -39 — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Georgics of Virgil: Bilingual Edition by Virgil, David Ferry (Translator) 4.28 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Vergil's Aeneid: Selections from Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, and 12 by Virgil, Barbara Weiden Boyd 4.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Virgil: Aeneid I by Virgil, H.E. Gould 3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1918 — 14 editions	My rating:

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“Fortune sides with him who dares.”
― Virgil

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“Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.”
― Virgil

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“The descent into Hell is easy”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

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