Virgil
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(Vergil) (70–19 b.c.) A great Roman
poet, born Publius Vergilius Maro near present-day
Mantua (now Italy, then Cisalpine Gaul). Virgil's
education took him to Cremona, Milan, and Rome.
Virgil's first works were the Eclogues, short pastoral
poems. Later he wrote the Georgics, more poems
about country life. His final work was the Aeneid,
an epic poem that took him the last 11 years of his
life to write and remained unfinished, as far as he
was concerned. People consider it one of the great
literary works of the world.
Virgil enjoyed admiration and a great reputation
during his lifetime. The Aeneid became a school textbook
almost as soon as it appeared. It was known and
quoted by people of all classes. The Aeneid had great
influence on worldwide thought but particularly on
Roman thought, since it was a uniquely Roman myth
that glorified the city and inspired all with pride
and patriotic fervor. Furthermore, Virgil's fame and
popularity continued into the Christian era, for the
Christians saw his poetic epic as having foretold the
birth of Christ and the advent of Christianity, which
occurred only 40 years after Virgil wrote the fourth
Eclogue.
Liens utiles
- Thomson Virgil, 1896-1989, né à Kansas City, compositeur et critique musical américain.
- Nicolae Titulescu par Virgil Candea Correspondant de l'Académie des Sciences Sociales et
- Thomson, Virgil - compositeur de musique.
- Virgil (Vergil) (70-19 b.
- Virgil - biography.