person
Publius Vergilius Maro
Virgil
also: Vergil
Rome's greatest poet (70–19 BC); cited for the honour and quiet his verse won him with Augustus and the people, and as a fountain of the new poetic diction.
Reading notes
- A Dialogue on Oratory §12 Virgil
Rome's greatest poet (70–19 BC); cited for the quiet honour his verse won him with Augustus and the people.