. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. VIRGIL, the greatest of Roman poets,lias enjoyed supremacy throughoutthe ages and lands which have sharedthe benefits of Roman inferior in original genius toHomer, he holds at least second rankamong the epic poets of world-widefame. He was also successful in thelower, but more difficult, departmentof didactic poetry. When Christianitywas established in the Roman empire, his admiring studentsconsidered him as an unconscious instrument of inspired pro-phecy, and this view prevailed even down
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. VIRGIL, the greatest of Roman poets,lias enjoyed supremacy throughoutthe ages and lands which have sharedthe benefits of Roman inferior in original genius toHomer, he holds at least second rankamong the epic poets of world-widefame. He was also successful in thelower, but more difficult, departmentof didactic poetry. When Christianitywas established in the Roman empire, his admiring studentsconsidered him as an unconscious instrument of inspired pro-phecy, and this view prevailed even down beyond the timeof Dante. In the Dark Ages another view arose, and Virgilwas regarded as a sorcerer and an adept in magic arts. Publius Virgilius Maro (or, perhaps, more correctly Ver-gilius) was born of humble parents, at Andes, a small villagenear Mantua, in what is now Northern Italy, but was thencalled Cisalpine Gaul, on the 15th of October, 70 Hismothers name was Maia. We have no authentic recordwhich gives a full account of the events of his life. Themultifarious and pr
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