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Virgil

Born

Andes, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman republic

Genre

Poetry, Greek Mythology

Influences

Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, Lucretius Carus ...more

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born 15 October 70 BC
died 21 September 19 BC

Roman poet Virgil, also Vergil, originally Publius Vergilius Maro, composed the Aeneid , an epic telling after the sack of Troy of the wanderings of Aeneas.

Work of Virgil greatly influenced on western literature; in most notably Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 163,273 ratings · 7,399 reviews · 4,012 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Aeneid by Virgil, Scott McGill (translator), Susannah Wright (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.88 avg rating — 148,918 ratings — published -19 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eclogues 3.89 avg rating — 3,435 ratings — published -39 — 430 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Georgics 3.74 avg rating — 2,702 ratings — published -29 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aeneid: Books I-VI 4.02 avg rating — 1,993 ratings — published -19 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aeneid Book VI 4.28 avg rating — 876 ratings — published -19 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virgil, Vol 2: Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana 4.36 avg rating — 713 ratings — published 1513 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eclogues/The Georgics 3.75 avg rating — 823 ratings — published -38 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid, Books 1–6 by Virgil, G.P. Goold (Primary Contributor), H. Rushton Fairclough (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 614 ratings — published -19 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil, John William Mackail (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1952 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doomed Love by Virgil, W.F. Jackson Knight (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 400 ratings — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cambridge Latin Texts (15 books)
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Virgil,

Charles H. Craddock (Editor)

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