Virgil
| Publius Vergilius Maro | |
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| Born | October 15, 70 BC Near Mantua,[1] Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic |
| Dee'd | September 21, 19 BC (age 50) Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire |
| Thrift | Poet |
| Naitionality | Roman |
| Genre | Epic poetry, didactic poetry, pastoral poetry |
| Leeterar muivement | Augustan poetry |
Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), uisually cried Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒəl/ in Inglis, wis an auncient Roman poet o the Augustan period. He is kent for three major wirks o Laitin leeteratur, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, an the epic Aeneid. A nummer o minor poems, collectit in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributit tae him.
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- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World, ed. Roberts, John, (Oxford: OUP, 2005)
