
1. Origination
a. Publius Vergilius Maro
b. 15th of October 70 BC,
Andes. A village in northern Italy near Mantua (Mantova)
c. Parents-unknown
d. Siblings two brothers
oldest-Flaccus youngest-Silo
2. Heritage
a. prosperous landowner,
described variously as a "potter" and a "courier", mother-dedicated wife
b. grew up on his fathers
land where he was born
c. the mountains
3. Education
a. was sent to school at
Cremona and Milan
b. one of the endowed court
poets, he argued a case infront of the judges
c/d. educated in Greek
and Roman literature, rhetoric, and philosophy in Cremona, Milan, Rome,
and Naples.
e. Gaius Maecenas relieved
him of financial cares and allowed him to devote himself wholly to literary
pursuits and to study.
4. Military
a. Virgil wasn’t involved
in the military
5. Occupation and life
a. he was a well
known poet and author
b. his first works
weren’t fully appreciated
c. lived most of his life
in Naples and Nola
d. he mainly focused on
his studies and his love for literature
e. completed one of the
worlds most well known masterpieces
f. Virgil was well known
and had much fame, for example Virgil was well known and had much fame,
for example the success if Bucilics was such that when he published it,
that the cantors recited then frequently, sometimes on stage
g. his death
6. Family
a. no wife
b.no children
c.spent most of his grown
up life in Naples and Nola
d. His father and 2 brothers
died when he was an adult.
7. community
a. unknown (B.C)
b. unknown
c. court poet
d. no
e. Lived near the Andes
mountains it was cold, beautiful, and mountainous
8. conclusion
a. he was thought to be
not as educated as he really was
b. his greatest accomplishment
was the masterpieces he created
c. Died in September 19
B.C, on his deathbed he requested for the “Aeneid” to be destroyed, but
no one obey his wishes
d. Didn’t have a spouse
e. NO