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Publius Vergilius Maro (a.k.a Virgil/Vergil)
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70 BC Oct 15th Born near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul. Educated in Verona, Milan and Rome 43-37 BC Composes Eclogues 41 BC Family lands confiscated. Successfully petitions for their return. Attracts patronage of Maecenas 37-30 BC Composes Georgics 29-19 BC Composes Aeneid, then dies
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Homer (10th-9th c. BC?) The Iliad The Odyssey
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Aeneas, founder of Lavinium
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Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns/ driven time and again off course, once he had plundered/ the hallowed heights of Troy./ Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds,/ many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea,/ fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home. The Odyssey, trans. Robert Fagles (New York: Penguin, 1996), 1: 1-6.
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