Virgil

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Latin author Roman poet classical poet epic poet

Virgil was a renowned Roman poet of the Augustan period, best known for composing the epic Aeneid, which became a cornerstone of Latin literature.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Publius Vergilius Maro	1
Vergilius	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin author ⓘ Roman poet ⓘ classical poet ⓘ epic poet ⓘ
associatedWith	Augustus ⓘ
birthDate	70 BC ⓘ
birthPlace	Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ near Mantua ⓘ
burialPlace	Naples ⓘ
characterRole	guide of Dante in the Divine Comedy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Republic ⓘ
deathDate	19 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	Brundisium ⓘ Brundisium ⓘ surface form: Brundisium, Italy
educatedAt	Cremona ⓘ Milan ⓘ Rome ⓘ
era	Augustan period ⓘ Augustan age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Latin literature
ethnicGroup	Roman ⓘ
familyName	Virgil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vergilius
fullName	Virgil self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Publius Vergilius Maro
genre	didactic poetry ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ pastoral poetry ⓘ
givenName	Publius ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	cornerstone of Latin literature ⓘ
hasRoleIn	development of Western epic tradition ⓘ
influenced	Dante Alighieri ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Ovid ⓘ surface form: Publius Ovidius Naso Vergilian commentators of Late Antiquity ⓘ
influencedBy	Ennius ⓘ Homer ⓘ Lucretius ⓘ Theocritus ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Classical Latin literature ⓘ
movement	Augustan age ⓘ surface form: Augustan literature
nativeLanguage	Latin ⓘ
notableWork	Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: Aeneid Eclogues ⓘ surface form: Bucolics Eclogues ⓘ Georgics ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ writer ⓘ
patron	Maecenas ⓘ
portrayedIn	Inferno ⓘ surface form: Divine Comedy
subjectOf	Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: Aeneid commentaries

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mantua → associatedWith → Virgil ⓘ

Virgil's Aeneid → author → Virgil ⓘ

Mantua → birthplaceOf → Virgil ⓘ

Latin → classicalAuthors → Virgil ⓘ

Livy → contemporaryOf → Virgil ⓘ

Ovid → contemporaryOf → Virgil ⓘ

Cacus → describedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Virgil → familyName → Virgil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vergilius

Virgil → fullName → Virgil self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Publius Vergilius Maro

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy → guideInInferno → Virgil ⓘ

subject surface form: Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy → guideInPurgatorio → Virgil ⓘ

subject surface form: Divine Comedy

Loeb Classical Library → includesAuthor → Virgil ⓘ

Homer → influenced → Virgil ⓘ

Lucretius → influenced → Virgil ⓘ

Alexander Pope → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Augustan literature → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Dante Alighieri → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Francesco Petrarca → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Luís de Camões → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Ovid → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

The House of Fame → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London → influencedBy → Virgil ⓘ

Cumae → mentionedByAuthor → Virgil ⓘ

Works of Hesiod → usedAsSourceBy → Virgil ⓘ