The Italian humanist Polydore Vergil (1470-1555) was born in Urbino but spent most of his life in early Tudor England. His most popular work, "On Discovery" ("De inventoribus rerum", 1499), was the first comprehensive account of discoveries and inventions written since antiquity. Thirty Lat...
[Middle Englishverifien, from Old Frenchverifier, from Medieval Latinvērificāre: Latinvērus,true; seewērə-o-inIndo-European roots+ Latin-ficāre,-fy.] ver′i·fi′a·bleadj. ver′i·fi′a·blyadv. ver′i·fi′ern. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Editi...
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Vergil, Ovid, and poetry of exiletheme of exile ‐ engaging writers from beginning of Western literature to the presentworks of prose writers ‐ Cicero and Seneca, and of poets like Ovid and Boethiustheme of exile from one's native city ‐ important from beginnings of Latin literature...
(13) as analysed by Proclus was very similar to Vergil's version in "Aeneid" ii, comprising the episodes of the wooden horse, of Laocoon, of Sinon, the return of the Achaeans from Tenedos, the actual Sack of Troy, the division of spoils and the burning of the city. View in context ...
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R. Johnson,Darkness Visible: A Study of Vergil’s Aeneid (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1976; rpt. 1979). Interpretation has focused largely on Book 12 of theAeneid and on the poem’s ending; for a recent overview, with extensive references to ...
Latin. Whatever talent I have as a writer of prose, I owe to you. As for any success I enjoy in poetry, however, I must say I am indebted to Publius Vergilius Maro (Vergil). In your old age, you read works by him in his youth and ...
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