Virgil

Mosaic portrait of Virgil, 3rd-century AD.[1]

Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC),[2] usually called Virgil or Vergil (/ˈvɜːrɪl/ VUR-jil) in English, was a poet in the Latin language. His poems are about gods and their mythology. Virgil's most famous epic poem is called the Aeneid.

  1. Ziolkowski, Jan M. (2008). The Virgilian tradition. Yale University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Jones, Peter (2011). Reading Virgil: Aeneid I and II. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1, 4. ISBN 978-0521768665. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

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