Virgil
Also known as: Swan of Mantua · Mantuan Swan · Publius Vergilius Maro · Vergil
- 1Virgil was a Roman poet active during the Augustan period.
- 2He authored the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid.
- 3The Aeneid is considered one of the most famous epic poems in Latin literature.
- 4Works in the Appendix Vergiliana are largely considered by modern scholars to be misattributed.
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
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The Roman poet Virgil provided one of the most influential versions of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in the fourth book of his Georgics.
Publius Vergilius Maro, widely known as Virgil, was a preeminent Roman poet during the Augustan period. He is celebrated for composing three foundational works of Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic poem the Aeneid.
Modern bust of Virgil at the entrance to his crypt in NaplesWikimedia Commons: File:Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo5_(crop).jpgPainting of Virgil's Tomb, with the Figure of Silius Italicus by Joseph Wright of DerbyWikimedia Commons: File:Joseph_Wright_of_Derby._Virgil's_Tomb,_with_the_Figure_of_Silius_Italicus._1779.jpgVirgil's tomb in Naples, ItalyWikimedia Commons: File:Parco_della_Grotta_di_Posillipo3.jpgPage from the beginning of the Eclogues in the 5th-century Vergilius RomanusWikimedia CommonsHorace, Virgil and Varius at the house of Maecenas, by Charles JalabertWikimedia Commons1680s illustration of a passage from the Georgics, by Jerzy Siemiginowski-EleuterWikimedia CommonsA 1st-century terracotta expressing the pietas of Aeneas, who carries his aged father and leads his young sonWikimedia CommonsVirgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia by Jean-Baptiste Wicar, Art Institute of ChicagoWikimedia Commons While a collection of minor poems known as the Appendix Vergiliana was historically attributed to him, modern scholars generally consider these works to be spurious. Despite this, his influence on Western literature remains profound, as his major works established standards for epic and pastoral poetry that persisted for centuries.