Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.

External links

• Collected Works
• {{PerseusAuthor|P.+Vergilius+Maro}}
• Sacred Texts: Classics: The Works of Virgil
• Latin Library: P. Vergilivs Maro
• {{gutenberg author | id=Virgil | name=Virgil}}
• Biography
• Suetonius: The Life of Virgil, an English translation.
• Vita Vergiliana, Aelius Donatus' Life of Virgil in the original Latin.
• Virgil.org: Aelius Donatus' Life of Virgil translated into English by David Wilson-Okamura
• Project Gutenberg edition of Vergil—A Biography, by Tenney Frank.
• Commentary
• Virgil in Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance: an Online Bibliography
• Virgilmurder (Jean-Yves Maleuvre's website setting forth his theory that Virgil was murdered by Augustus)
• The Secret History of Virgil, containing a selection on the magical legends and tall tales that circulated about Virgil in the Middle Ages.
• Quotes
• Virgil Quotes