Virgil

Born

in Near Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic, Italy

October 25, 0070

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil

Genre

Poetry, Greek Mythology

Influences

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

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Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BCE – September 21, 19 BCE), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜrdʒəl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.

Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy—in Roman mythology the ...more

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	The Aeneid by Virgil, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 106,561 ratings — published -19 — 13 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 by Virgil, Guy Lee (Introduction) 3.90 avg rating — 2,207 ratings — published -39 — 234 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 by Virgil, Clyde Pharr 4.12 avg rating — 1,483 ratings — published -19 — 133 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 by Virgil, L.P. Wilkinson (Introduction), Betty Radice (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 1,488 ratings — published -29 — 198 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 by Virgil, G.P. Goold 4.38 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1513 — 38 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, Henry Rushton Fairclough (Translator), G.P. Goold (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 631 ratings — published -19 — 87 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 by Virgil, Seamus Heaney (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2016 — 37 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 and The Georgics by Virgil, Cecil Day-Lewis (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 449 ratings — published -38 — 156 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 (Great Loves, #1) by Virgil, W.F. Jackson Knight (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 304 ratings — published -19 — 14 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 I by Virgil, H.E. Gould (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 121 ratings — published -19 — 94 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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Quotes by Virgil

“Fléctere si néqueo súperos Acheronta movebo - If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell.”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

tags: aeneid, book-vii, line-312

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“Fortune sides with him who dares.”
― Virgil

tags: risk, success, wealth

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

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August 2019 Old School Poll

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883, 327 pages

75 votes, 27.9%

Metamorphoses by Ovid 8, 723 pages

52 votes, 19.3%

The Eclogues by Virgil -38, 144 pages

39 votes, 14.5%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages

38 votes, 14.1%

East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood 1861, 694 pages

34 votes, 12.6%

The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox 1752, 464 pages

31 votes, 11.5%

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