Virgil
Author of The Aeneid
About the Author
Virgil was born on October 15, 70 B.C.E., in Northern Italy in a small village near Mantua. He attended school at Cremona and Mediolanum (Milan), then went to Rome, where he studied mathematics, medicine and rhetoric, and finally completed his studies in Naples. He entered literary circles as an show more "Alexandrian," the name given to a group of poets who sought inspiration in the sophisticated work of third-century Greek poets, also known as Alexandrians. In 49 BC Virgil became a Roman citizen. After his studies in Rome, Vergil is believed to have lived with his father for about 10 years, engaged in farm work, study, and writing poetry. After the battle of Philippi in 42 B.C.E. Virgil¿s property in Cisalpine Gaul, was confiscated for veterans. In the following years Virgil spent most of his time in Campania and Sicily, but he also had a house in Rome. During the reign of emperor Augustus, Virgil became a member of his court circle and was advanced by a minister, Maecenas, patron of the arts and close friend to the poet Horace. He gave Virgil a house near Naples. Between 42 and 37 B.C.E. Virgil composed pastoral poems known as Bucolic or Eclogues and spent years on the Georgics. The rest of his life, from 30 to 19 B.C., Virgil devoted to The Aeneid, the national epic of Rome, and the glory of the Empire. Although ambitious, Virgil was never really happy about the task. Virgil died in 19 B. C. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name is Publius Vergilius Maro; canonical name (Roman version) is "P. Vergilius Maro". The spellings 'Virgil' and 'Vergil' have both been in use.
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Description: Bust of Vergil
Date: April, 2005
Author: A. Hunter Wright
Series
Works by Virgil
The Aeneid of Vergil: Books I-VI Selections VII-XII with an Introduction, Notes, and Vocabulary: Revised Edition (1900) 91 copies
Virgil 20 copies
Grolier Classics: Gulliver's Travels, Autobiography of Cellini, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Aeneid (1956) 16 copies
P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of Virgil, with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. Late… (1863) 12 copies
Vergil Aeneid: Books 1 and 4 (P. Vergilii Maronis: Aeneis, Libros I et IV) (Lingua Latina) (Latin Edition) (2008) 11 copies
Aeneid: Bk. 2 (Latin Texts) 6 copies
Aeneid, Eclogues, Georgics 5 copies
The greater poems of Virgil, vol. II, containing the last six books of the Aeneid, and the Georgics 5 copies
De werken van J. Van den Vondel - 1660 - Publius Virgilius Maroos wercken in Nederduitsch dicht vertaelt I — Author — 5 copies
Aeneid 7-12, The Minor Poems 5 copies
Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses — Author — 4 copies
Vergil. Selections from the Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid by W. F. Jackson Knight (Roman World Series.) (1949) 4 copies
Georgics ; Aeneid 4 copies
Virgil's Aeneid The First Six Books and the Completion of the Story and Ovid's Metamorphoses (1923) 4 copies
Le souci de la terre: Nouvelle traduction des Géorgiques précédée de Faire Virgile par… (2019) 4 copies
THE AENEID Easton Press 4 copies
Virgil's Eclogues (in Slipcase) 3 copies
The ploughman's lunch = Moretum : a poem ascribed to Virgil (Bristol Latin Texts Series) (English and Latin… (1998) 3 copies
ENEIDA I (Bernat metge) 3 copies
Landbau 3 copies
The Epic of Gilgamesh & 7 Other Bonus Works: The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey, Helen of Troy, The Republic, The Prince,… (2015) 3 copies
Eneide Libri I-VIII 3 copies
Obras completas 3 copies
The Works of Virgil: Translated into English Prose, with an Essay on the English Translators of Virgil (1892) 3 copies
Obras poéticas 3 copies
Extraits des Bucoliques, des Géorgiques et de l'Enéide : édition classique par A. Geerebaert 3 copies
Aeneiden sang 2, 4 og 6 3 copies
P. Vergili Maronis: Opera 3 copies
Aeneid Vocabulary 3 copies
Virgilio : biografía, bibliografía, traducción rítmica de las Bucólicas, libro IV de las Geórgicas, libro VI de… (1976) 3 copies
The Georgics 2 copies
P Vergili Maronis Opera 2 copies
[Works], Volume 2 2 copies
Opera (John Stirling) London 1779 2 copies
The story of Trojan Aeneas 2 copies
Virgil. Aeneid Vi 2 copies
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer, The Aeneid by Virgil, and Tales of Troy by Andrew Lang (Classic Collections) (2009) 2 copies
Georgiche - Libro IV 2 copies
The Eclogues & Georgics 2 copies
Énéide, Livres V-VIII 2 copies
Fables complètes 2 copies
Journey To Hesperia: Scenes From The First Six Books Of Vergil'S Aeneid Linked By English Narrative And Edited… (1968) 2 copies
[Libri III-IV] 2 copies
Eneida. I, [Llibres I-III] 2 copies
P. Vergili Maronis. Opera. Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit R A B Mynors. (Latin) 2 copies
Antologia da tutte le opere 2 copies
Carmina Latīna — Author — 2 copies
Aeneid: a structural approach 2 copies
Virgil, Aeneid, 11 (Pallas & Camilla), 1-224, 498-521, 532-96, 648-89, 725-835 Latin text, study aids with vocabulary,… (2018) 2 copies
Six books of the Aeneid of Virgil 2 copies
The Aeneid Of Virgil: Being The Latin Text In The Original Order, With The Scansion Indicated Graphically, With A… (2018) 2 copies
Bucólicas = P. Vergili Maronis Bvcolica (Poesía Hiperión) (Spanish and Latin Edition) (2008) 2 copies
A revised text of the poems of Vergil,: With notes and a Vergilian dictionary, (Appleton's classical series) (1899) 2 copies
The greater poems of Virgil 2 copies
The works of Virgil. In English verse. The Æneid translated by Christopher Pitt. The Eclogues and Georgics, with notes… (2010) 2 copies
The poems of Virgil; vol. I. containing the Pastoral poems and six books of the Æneid (2010) 2 copies
Aeneidos, liber qvartvs 1 copy
Vergili Opera 1 copy
P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneis 1 copy
Vergil: Aeneid book II 1 copy
Aeneis boek II, VI en IX 1 copy
Flore 1 copy
Petits poëmes; Géographie 1 copy
La fille d'auberge 1 copy
The Bucolics of Vergil 1 copy
Eneiden 1 copy
Virgil Opera vol.2 1 copy
Dos versiones de la Egloga octava de Virgilio en el Mexico del siglo XVIII (Spanish Edition) (1984) 1 copy
P. Vergili Maronis Aeneis. Post Ribbeck um quartum recognovit Gualtherus Ianell. Editio minor 1 copy
Cooper's Virgil 1 copy
Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat von Codex Vaticanus Lat. 3225 aus dem Besitz der Bibliotheca… (1980) 1 copy
Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera, Or, the Works of Virgil: With Copious Notes, Mythological, Biographical, Historical,… (2012) 1 copy
Thje Minor Poems of Vergil Comprising the Culex, Dirae, Lydia, Moretum, Copa, Priapeia, and Catalepton Metrically… (1916) 1 copy
The poems of Virgil 1 copy
The Works of Virgil Rendered into English Prose with an Introduction, Running Analysis and an Index, by James Lonsdale… (1880) 1 copy
Obras de Virgilio 1 copy
Geórgicas - Eneida 1 copy
Bucólicas 1 copy
Virgile. Les Bucoliques. Les Géorgiques : . Traduction, chronologie, introduction et notes par Maurice Rat (1967) 1 copy
Bucoliques (em francês) 1 copy
牧歌・農耕詩 1 copy
Eneas 1 copy
The Shorter Aeneid, selected and arranged with brief notes by H. H. Hardy ... With a preface and introduction by H. E.… (1914) 1 copy
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera: Varietate Lectionis Et Perpetua Adnotatione Illustrata, a Chr. Gottl. Heyne, ... Accedit… (2012) 1 copy
Le Bucoliche. Le Georgiche. 1 copy
Aeneis. Libros I, II et IV ad usum discipulorum. Per le Scuole superiori. Con espansione online (2018) 1 copy
The works of Virgil, rendered into English prose with introductions, running analysis and an index 1 copy
Aeneid, Books V to XII 1 copy
Aeneis: Ein Klassiker der römischen Antike (Vollständige deutche Ausgabe): Flucht des Aeneas aus dem… (2014) 1 copy
Selections from Vergil 1 copy
Vergil: Gedichte. Erklärt von Th. Ladewig und C. Scharper. Erstes Bändchen: Bukolika und Georgika. (1915) 1 copy
The Heath Latin series 1 copy
Virgil 1 copy
Vergil - Werke in einem Band - Kleine Gedichte - Hirtengedichte - Lied vom Landbau - Lied vom Helden Aeneas. (1984) 1 copy
The story of Turnus: From Vergil's Aeneid books VII-XII (The students' series of Latin classics) 1 copy
Die Mücke 1 copy
Les Bucoliques de Virgile, précédées de plusieurs Idylles de Théocrite, de Bion et de Moschus 1 copy
Nowele Rzymskie — Contributor — 1 copy
Georgiki 1 copy
La Eneida 1 copy
Eneida, volum I 1 copy
The Works 1 copy
The Aeneid by Virgil. 1 copy
Eneida; Bucólicas; Geórgicas 1 copy
Las Geórgicas 1 copy
Aeneis. Libros I Et Iv Ad Usum Discipulorum Edidit Hans H. Orberg. Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata 1 copy
eneida. Libro primero 1 copy
Eneiuda, libro sexto 1 copy
Eneida, libro cuarto 1 copy
Eneida libro segundo 1 copy
Eneida, libro primero 1 copy
Eneida, volum II 1 copy
THE POEMS OF VIRGIL 1 copy
The Georgics 1 copy
Virgil Complete Works 1 copy
Virgil, Bucolics 1 copy
Aeneidos Liber VI 1 copy
Opera Omnii 1 copy
Aeneidos 1 copy
Aeneis 1 copy
ECLOGA IV 1 copy
Opera 1 copy
aeneis 1 copy
Aeneis 1 copy
P. Virgilii Maronis Æneidos liber decimus carmine jambico senario versus auctore Guilielmo Grotio (1980) 1 copy
Delphini 1 copy
Aeneid : Book Nine 1 copy
La Eneida . I 1 copy
Virgil, with English Notes 1 copy
georiche 1 copy
Énéide - Livres I-VI 1 copy
I fatti di Enea 1 copy
L'Énéide (French Edition) 1 copy
Virgile. Les Bucoliques les Géorgiques. Traduction de Mario Meunier. Illustrations de Berthold Mahn 1 copy
Églogas y Geórgicas 1 copy
La Eneida seleccción 1 copy
ENEIDE Le avventure di Enea 1 copy
Eneide, libri VIII - XII 1 copy
Eneida T 1 y 2 1 copy
Bucolicas - edicao bilingue 1 copy
Obras completas de Virgilio 1 copy
Eneido 1 copy
Eneide (libro incompleto) 1 copy
Index: Aeneidis versuum 1 copy
Eneide, libri I - VII 1 copy
Eneide, libri II-XII 1 copy
La Eneida. Ariel Juvenil, 99 1 copy
Mestre do Mundo Novo' 1 copy
Libro settimo 1 copy
Libro ottavo 1 copy
Dal Mincio al Tevere 1 copy
Antologia dell'Eneide 1 copy
Miscellaneous Writings of John Conington, Late Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford, Volumes one and… (1872) — Contributor — 1 copy
Pub. Virgilii Maronis Bucolicorum eclogae decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an Engl. By J. Martyn 1 copy
Virgil Aeneid II 1 copy
Doomed Love [DOOMED LOVE] 1 copy
The Works of Virgil Vol. II 1 copy
La última noche de Troya (libro II de la Eneida): Traducción en hexámetros castellanos por Vicente… (2018) 1 copy
Eneide Libri IX-XII 1 copy
Aeneis. Erläuterungen. 1 copy
Modern School Classics : Vergil : Aeneid 8 — Writer — 1 copy
The Works of P. Virgilius Maro: With the Original Text Reduced to the Natural Order of Construction; And an Interlinear… (2017) 1 copy
First Six Books of Virgil's Aeneid by Davidson ( Translator ) , Intro. By Edward Brooks (1896) 1 copy
The ... Book of Virgil's Æneid, with a Vocabulary Ed. by J.T. White. (White's Grammar Sch. Texts). 1St… (2010) 1 copy
Eneide e Georgiche 1 copy
Storia D’Italia 1 copy
The Aeneid (Translated into English Verse by John Dryden with an Introduction by Harry Burton) (2016) 1 copy
P. Vergili Maronis Opera V1, Containing The Eclogues And Georgics: The Works Of Virgil, With A Commentary (1865) (2010) 1 copy
P. VirgilII Maronis Opera: The Works of Virgil, With English Notes, Original and Selected.: Eclogues (2021) 1 copy
P. Vergili Maronis Ecloga IV 1 copy
Georgicorum libri quatuor 1 copy
Aeneis, Libri I-VI 1 copy
Virgil: Aeneid Book 2 1 copy
Aeneidos Libri XII 1 copy
THE ECLOGUES. 1 copy
Aeneid: Books I-VI 1 copy
Aeneas in Libya : a translation into English verse of the first four books of Virgil's Aeneid (1979) 1 copy
Hirtengedichte 1 copy
L’Eneide 1 copy
HLe IBucoliche 1 copy
Einleitung. Bucolica 1 copy
Aeneis Lateinisch - Deutsch 1 copy
Aeneis 1 copy
Opera / The Works of Virgil 1 copy
Fourth Eclogue of Virgil 1 copy
Werke in einem Band kleine Gedichte, Hirtengedichte, Lied vom Landbau, Lied vom Helden Aeneas 1 copy
Eneide, libro terzo 1 copy
Eneida, vol. 4 1 copy
Eneida, vol. 2 1 copy
Eneida, vol. 1 1 copy
Bucòliques 1 copy
Geòrgiques 1 copy
Virgilius, Delphini 1 copy
Eneide, libro quarto 1 copy
Modern School Classics : Vergil : Aeneid 3 — Writer — 1 copy
P. Vergili Maronis Opera. the Works of Virgil, With a Comm. by J. Conington (H. Nettleship) (2022) 1 copy
Vergilius összes művei 1 copy
Bucoliche e Georgiche 1 copy
Antologia virgiliana 1 copy
Eneide. Libro 7 1 copy
Bucolica : I, IV, V, VII, IX 1 copy
Opera. Tomus secundus 1 copy
Antolologia Virgilliana 1 copy
Opera... 1 copy
Complete Works 1 copy
Georgics II: Books III-IV 1 copy
The Aeneid of Virgil, arranged from the translations of Cranch, Dryden, Conington, and Morris 1 copy
The Trojan Horse 1 copy
[Works], Volume 1 1 copy
Miscellaneous Writings of John Conington. Vol. 2, The Poems of Virgil Translated into English Prose (2010) 1 copy
The Aeneid 1 copy
Die grösseren Gedichte I : Einleitung Bucolica — Author — 1 copy
Virgile. La Fille d'auberge - "Copa" - précédée d'un avertissement et traduite en… — Author — 1 copy
Le opere 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Publius Vergilius Maro
- Other names
- Vergil
Vergilius - Birthdate
- 70-10-15 BCE
- Date of death
- 19-09-21 BCE
- Burial location
- Naples, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Roman Empire
- Country (for map)
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Andes, Cisalpine Gaul, Roman Republic
- Place of death
- Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire
- Places of residence
- Rome, Italy
Naples, Italy
Sicily, Italy - Occupations
- poet
- Agent
- Maecenas (patron)
- Disambiguation notice
- Full name is Publius Vergilius Maro; canonical name (Roman version) is "P. Vergilius Maro". The spellings 'Virgil' and 'Vergil' have both been in use.
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