Virgil

Born

in Near Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic, Italy

October 23, 0070

Died

September 29, 0019

Website

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

Genre

Poetry, Greek Mythology

Influences

Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, Lucretius Carus

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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 my ...more

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	The Aeneid by Virgil, Robert Fitzgerald (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 99,961 ratings — published -19 — 1298 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) 3.91 avg rating — 2,043 ratings — published -39 — 221 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 4.14 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published -19 — 117 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) 3.86 avg rating — 1,351 ratings — published -29 — 183 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 4.41 avg rating — 603 ratings — published 1513 — 33 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) 4.22 avg rating — 522 ratings — published -19 — 83 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) 4.40 avg rating — 468 ratings — published -19 — 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) 3.82 avg rating — 397 ratings — published -38 — 120 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) 3.57 avg rating — 286 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) 3.89 avg rating — 111 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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Quotes by Virgil

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

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“Fortune sides with him who dares.”
― Virgil

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“Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.”
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Voting is now open for our theme read for July - Poetry. Voting will stay open until June 14th, 2018 and the winning book will be announced on June15th, 2018.

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson

7 votes, 23.3%

The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

5 votes, 16.7%

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

4 votes, 13.3%

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

4 votes, 13.3%

Don Juan by Lord Byron

4 votes, 13.3%

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

3 votes, 10.0%

The Aeneid by Virgil

2 votes, 6.7%

Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart by Chrétien de Troyes

1 vote, 3.3%

30 total votes

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