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Virgil
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Writing & NarrativeWho is Virgil in the Agency editorial?
Virgil was a Roman poet of the age of Augustus, author of the Aeneid, the Eclogues and the Georgics. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, names him once, with the spelling Vergil, as one of the authors that wealthier boys memorised with a grammar teacher.
In short
Virgil was a Roman poet of the age of Augustus, author of the Aeneid. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, in one sentence of the author's text about education, where his name is spelt Vergil. The edition says that from about the age of 11 wealthier boys studied Greek and Latin poetry with a grammaticus, "memorising authors like Vergil and Homer". The edition does not quote or discuss his poems.
Key facts
- Who was Virgil?
- A Roman poet who lived from 70 BCE to 19 BCE, author of the Aeneid, the Eclogues and the Georgics.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Virgil?
- Only in Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, in one sentence about how grammar teachers taught literature. The English text spells the name Vergil.
- What does Issue.27 say about him?
- That wealthier Roman boys, from about the age of 11, studied Greek and Latin poetry and memorised authors like Vergil and Homer.
Who was Virgil?
Virgil was a Roman poet who lived from 70 BCE to 19 BCE, in the age of Augustus. He wrote the Aeneid, the epic poem about the Trojan hero Aeneas, as well as the Eclogues and the Georgics. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Virgil appear in Issue.27?
Issue.27 names him once, in the author's text about Roman schooling. After the elementary teachers, the edition describes the grammar teachers: from about 11, wealthier boys studied Greek and Latin poetry with a grammaticus, "memorising authors like Vergil and Homer". He is named together with Homer as an example of the authors studied, and nothing more is said about him.
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