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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Virgil . ( the writer) - proper noun A male
given name , a rare spelling variant ofVirgil .
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- noun a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
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Examples
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With the simplest words and the most severe economy of diction, he produces an effect such as Vergil rarely surpassed, and such as was never excelled or equalled again in the poetry of Southern Europe till Dante told the story of Paolo and
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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And when Augustus brought these conflicts to an end, there was a host of high-minded individuals, such as Vergil,
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The boy entering the room about that time lifted such a protest that a "Vergil" and a "Cicero" were recovered from the flames, but the other books, including some good original manuscript, went up in smoke.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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With all due respect to Homer and Vergil (and that's a lot), my favorite epic is Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.
MIND MELD: Which Authors and Books Have Most Influenced Your Writing? 2008
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It seems that for many that there is a crisis of meaning and that there is something so personal about the epic form as for it to have such a resonance with people today, millennia removed from the days of Homer and Vergil.
The Epic and the Past Hal Duncan 2008
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This is why I always think of Vergil when I contemplate rereading, when he said: Non canimus surdis, respondent omnia silvae, or Not to deaf ears I sing, for the woods echo my singing.
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For those of us interested in serious literature (e.g. Homer, Vergil, Shakespeare), Achebe is a joke, an insult.
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It is worth noting that the modern Italians can use "paese" in the same sense as Vergil did "patria": little more than "neck of the woods."
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It would have to be someone with lots of re-readability, I guess: Dante, Vergil, or Shakespeare would be candidates.
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Vergil or anyone else was free to come along and have a shot at the Troy stories, if they could stand the comparison to the big guy.
Does it make a difference when authors step into another’s shoes? 2009
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