Virgil

"For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas' dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas' heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes of Western life and literature--the role of duty and self-sacrifice,...

The Georgics (29 BC) is a poem by Roman poet Virgil. Although less prominent than The Aeneid, Virgil's legendary epic of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his discovery of what would later become the city of Rome, The Georgics have endured as a landmark in the history of poetry. The Georgics were inspired by Lucretius's De Rerum Natura and Hesiod's Works and Days, an Ancient Greek poem describing the creation of the cosmos, the history of Earth, and the...

"In the whole of European literature there is no poet who can furnish the texts for a more significant variety of discourse than Virgil. [He] symbolizes so much in the history of Europe, and represents such central European values..." —T.S. Eliot The Eclogues (38 BC), also known as the Bucolics, is a work by Roman poet Virgil. Although less prominent than The Aeneid, Virgil's legendary epic of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his discovery of what would...

Written in the first century BC by the Roman poet and farmer Virgil, the two works combined in this volume are two of his three major written accomplishments, the third being his monumental epic the "Aeneid". "Georgics" is primarily concerned with rural life, particularly farming, and its contents are most frequently described as didactic poetry. The happiness and frustrations of crops, vineyards, animal husbandry, and beekeeping are brought to life...

Obras completas de Virgilio ÍNDICE: [Biografía de Virgilio] [Biografía de Eugenio de Ochoa] [LAS ÉGLOGAS] [GEORGICAS] [ENEIDA] [POEMAS MENORES]

The Essential Greek and Roman Anthology: The Aeneid- Virgil Meditations- Marcus Aurelius Of The Nature of Things- Lucretius Plato's Republic Alcestis- Euripides, The Electra of Euripides Hippolytus/The Bacchae- Euripides, The Iphigenia in Tauris- Euripedes, The Trojan women of Euripides Agamemnon- Aeschylus, The Choephori- Aeschylus Eumenides- Aeschylus, The Persians- Aeschylus Prometheus Bound- Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes- Aeschylus, The...

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