publius vergilius maro Flashcards
vergil full name
publius vergilius maro
vergil years
70-19 BC
who was born in mantua
vergil
where was vergil born
mantua
what cultural aspect of vergil is found in aeneid
his celtic spirit
whose mother was magia pollia
vergil
who was vergil’s mother
magia pollia
who wrote a biography of vergil
donatus
who did donatus write about in his biography
donatus
who commented on vergil
servius
who did servius comment on
vergil
who introduced vergil to callimachean poetry
parthenius
what did parthenius introduce vergil to
callimachean poetry
who educated vergil
epicurean siro and epidius
who did epicurean siro and epidius educate
vergil
who was vergil’s patron
maecenas
what did vergil lose of the battle of philipi
mantuan farm
why did vergil lose his farm
after battle of philipi
how did vergil get his farm back
political influece
who accompanied horace to brundisium in 37 BC
vergil
who did vergil acompany on their trip to brindisium in 37 BC
horace
who is mentioned in horace’s satire I.V
vergil
who wrote eclogues
vergil
another name for eclougues
bucolics
what does bucolics mean
cowherd’s songs
where did vergil begin writing eclogues
his farm
what inspired vergil’s eclogues
thyocritus’ idols
how many poems in vergils’ eclogues
10
meter of vergil’s eclogues
hexamter
what does vergil predict in 40 BC
the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio
who predicts the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio
vergil
where is the prediciton of the return of a golden age under the guidance of Pollio
vergil’s eclogues
poems of vergil’s eclogues
- 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
who wrote georgics
vergil
how many books is vergil’s georgics
4
what meter is vergil’s georgics
hexameter
what is vergil’s georgics about
farming
who stopped in 29 BC in atella to have vergil read his georgics to him
octavian
who did vergil personally read his georgics to after they stopped in atella to hear them
octavian
to whom is bergil’s georgics addressed to
maecenas
who suggusted georgics
maecenas
who influenced vergil’s georgics
hesiod, nicander, alexandrians
books of vergil’s georgics
- 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)
who wrote aeneid
vergil
how many books is vergil’s aeneid
12
what did propertius say about aeneid
a greater poem than the
Iliad was being born
who said a greater poem than the
Iliad was being born
propertius
what did augustus order to be done of the aeneid after vergil died
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
who edited the aeneid after vergil died
varius rufus and plotius tucca
who introduced vergil to octavian
either maecenas or pollio
who did either pollio or maecenas introduce vergil to
octavian
what is the act of drawing prophecy from the Aeneid
sortes vergilianae
what is sortes vergilianae
act of drawing prophecy from the Aeneid
where did vergil die
brundisium
who died at brundisium at 19 BC
vergil
who commented about vergil’s aeneid
donatus
who commented on vergils bucolics and georgics
probus
who commented on vergil’s collected poems
servius honoratus
