The works of Virgil (70-19 BCE) define the 'golden age' of Latin poetry and have inspired a long tradition of interpretation and adaptation that starts in his own time and extends to important modern authors. His ascent from the lesser genre of pastoral (the Bucolics ) through a more ambitious didactic mode (the Georgics ) to the soaring heights of epic (the incomparable Aeneid ) shaped the canonical writings of other authors, from his younger contemporary...
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