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Virgil

Born

Near Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic, Italy

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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Average rating: 3.87 · 134,587 ratings · 4,550 reviews · 951 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Aeneid 3.86 avg rating — 121,533 ratings — published -19 — 2348 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 — 2,695 ratings — published -39 — 374 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 3.83 avg rating — 1,902 ratings — published -29 — 392 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 4.09 avg rating — 1,664 ratings — published -19 — 299 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 4.27 avg rating — 727 ratings — published -19 — 92 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 4.38 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1513 — 91 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) 4.26 avg rating — 559 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 and The Georgics 3.78 avg rating — 563 ratings — published -38 — 278 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) 3.84 avg rating — 343 ratings — 12 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) 3.51 avg rating — 344 ratings — published -19 — 22 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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Series by Virgil

Cambridge Latin Texts (15 books)
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C.H. Craddock (Editor)

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A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe 1722, 336 pages

95 votes, 27.9%

The Aeneid by Virgil -19, 442pages

65 votes, 19.1%

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott 1884, 96 pages

62 votes, 18.2%

Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853, 432 pages

61 votes, 17.9%

The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 1678, 288 pages

25 votes, 7.4%

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson 1884, 432 pages

16 votes, 4.7%

Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost 1731, 192 pages

16 votes, 4.7%

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