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1、VirgilPublius Vergilius Marobasic introductionlifeworkinfluenceOrigination of the NameLatin : Vergilius suffix omitted English: VergilPublius Vergilius Maro(70-19BC)A great Roman poetHe is best known for his epic poems describling the fall of Troy and the founding of RomeVirgilA bust of Virgil in Na

2、plesOn completing his education, he returned home and possibly began work on the Eclogues（牧歌） His parents are farm owners with property and substance He was born in 70BC in the village near Mantua（曼图亚）( northern Italy)Virgils lifeworksEclogues(牧歌),the earliest poemGeorgics(农事诗集)Aeneid(埃涅伊德),the most

3、 famousThe Aeneid of Virgil(埃涅伊德)The Aeneid describes the fall of Troy and the founding of Rome.It is a book for all the time and all people.It becomes an epic poem of twelve books that is called the Roman Empires national epic.It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day,the gates of dark Death s

4、tand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace ones steps to the upper air ,theres the rub, the task.(from Aeneid)He influenced1. The religion, forms of Latin poems, education and how people presume the world The poems he wrote in his youth time aroused great concern and discussion.Including the Chaper4 of Eclogues 牧歌 His work, Aeneid(埃涅伊德) was considered as the most excellent book for divining (占卜) at that time.He also influenced2. Many great writers and their works including Dante: Divina Commedia.Cultural Meaning Augustus, the first emp