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1
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vergil full name

A

publius vergilius maro

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vergil years

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70-19 BC

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3
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who was born in mantua

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vergil

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where was vergil born

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mantua

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5
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what cultural aspect of vergil is found in aeneid

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his celtic spirit

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6
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whose mother was magia pollia

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vergil

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7
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who was vergil’s mother

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magia pollia

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8
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who wrote a biography of vergil

A

donatus

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9
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who did donatus write about in his biography

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donatus

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10
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who commented on vergil

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servius

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11
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who did servius comment on

A

vergil

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12
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who introduced vergil to callimachean poetry

A

parthenius

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13
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what did parthenius introduce vergil to

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callimachean poetry

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14
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who educated vergil

A

epicurean siro and epidius

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15
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who did epicurean siro and epidius educate

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vergil

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16
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who was vergil’s patron

A

maecenas

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17
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what did vergil lose of the battle of philipi

A

mantuan farm

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18
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why did vergil lose his farm

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after battle of philipi

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19
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how did vergil get his farm back

A

political influece

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20
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who accompanied horace to brundisium in 37 BC

A

vergil

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21
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who did vergil acompany on their trip to brindisium in 37 BC

A

horace

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22
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who is mentioned in horace’s satire I.V

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vergil

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23
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who wrote eclogues

A

vergil

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24
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another name for eclougues

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bucolics

25
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what does bucolics mean

A

cowherd’s songs

26
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where did vergil begin writing eclogues

A

his farm

27
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what inspired vergil’s eclogues

A

thyocritus’ idols

28
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how many poems in vergils’ eclogues

A

10

29
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meter of vergil’s eclogues

A

hexamter

30
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what does vergil predict in 40 BC

A

the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio

31
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who predicts the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio

A

vergil

32
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where is the prediciton of the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio

A

vergil’s eclogues

33
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poems of vergil’s eclogues

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  • 1st and 10th- Refer to the confiscation of his farm (Meliboeus &
    Tityrus)
    ♦ 2nd- Corydon and Alexis
    ♦ 3rd- Bad poet Bavius
    ♦ 4th- called the Messianic Ecologue - may have been discussing
    Christ; refers to a puer who will assure in a golden age (dedicated
    to Asinius Pollio cos. 40 BC)
    ♦ 5th- Deification of Daphnis-Caesar
    ♦ 6th- Silenus and Gallus, written in “exile” at the home of Siro, the
    song of Silenus, who tells the creation of the world
    ♦ 7th- contest between shepherds (Meliboeus & Tityrus)
    ♦ 8th- addressed again to Pollio
    ♦ 10th- subject is C. Cornelius Gallus and his love for Lycoris or
    Cytheris
34
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who wrote georgics

A

vergil

35
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how many books is vergil’s georgics

A

4

36
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what meter is vergil’s georgics

A

hexameter

37
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what is vergil’s georgics about

A

farming

38
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who stopped in 29 BC in atella to have vergil read his georgics to him

A

octavian

39
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who did vergil personally read his georgics to after they stopped in atella to hear them

A

octavian

40
Q

to whom is bergil’s georgics addressed to

A

maecenas

41
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who suggusted georgics

A

maecenas

42
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who influenced vergil’s georgics

A

hesiod, nicander, alexandrians

43
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books of vergil’s georgics

A
  • Book 1- working the fields
  • Book 2- arboriculture
  • Book 3- raising of livestock, plague of animals at Noricum
  • Book 4- bee keeping (includes the episode of Aristaeus and Eurydice)
44
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who wrote aeneid

A

vergil

45
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how many books is vergil’s aeneid

A

12

46
Q

what did propertius say about aeneid

A

a greater poem than the

Iliad was being born

47
Q

who said a greater poem than the

Iliad was being born

A

propertius

48
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what did augustus order to be done of the aeneid after vergil died

A

Varius Rufus and Plotius Tucca to revise the Aeneid
instead of burning it (which was Vergil’s wish) but they were not
allowed to add anything, only cut out unnecessary things

49
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who edited the aeneid after vergil died

A

varius rufus and plotius tucca

50
Q

who introduced vergil to octavian

A

either maecenas or pollio

51
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who did either pollio or maecenas introduce vergil to

A

octavian

52
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what is the act of drawing prophecy from the Aeneid

A

sortes vergilianae

53
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what is sortes vergilianae

A

act of drawing prophecy from the Aeneid

54
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where did vergil die

A

brundisium

55
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who died at brundisium at 19 BC

A

vergil

56
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who commented about vergil’s aeneid

A

donatus

57
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who commented on vergils bucolics and georgics

A

probus

58
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who commented on vergil’s collected poems

A

servius honoratus

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