Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 October 70
fire secret veins
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.
rivers environmental gliding
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.
power remember memento
You, Roman, remember to rule peoples with your power. -Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento
hero shepherds birth
Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces
moving heaven hell
If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell
learning able causes
He is fortunate who had been able to learn the causes of things. -Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
learning one-thing
Learn all from one thing. -Ab uno disce omnes
love draws
Each draws to his best-loved.
life years rivers
All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.
retirement funny-retirement thank-god
We have to thank God for this retirement.
opposites unity wavering
The wavering multitude is divided into opposite factions.
horse fear greek
Don't trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. -Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
time bears all-things
Time bears away all things.
leadership leader deeds
The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti