5/20/2023 0 Comments George bernard shaw aeneid![]() Ironically, Virgil was never happy about writing the composition he felt it was a task imposed upon him which he was bound to do as a religious and political duty. Augustus insisted Virgil to write about the glory and magnificence of Rome. ![]() onwards, Virgil spent the rest of his life composing The Aeneid, which was pressed upon him by Augustus Caesar. Virgil spent the next four years composing pastoral poems, Ecologues and Georgics which was mostly about farming.ģ0 B.C. However, it was restored later on the command of Octavian. Although he had a house in Rome, Virgil spent most of his life in Campania and Sicily after his property was confiscated for veterans during the battle of Philippi in 42 B.C. A group of poets who wrote poems inspired from the work of third-century Greek poets were known as Alexandrians. He was at first known as an Alexandrian when he entered the literary circles. ![]() when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River. Virgil studied with Epicurean philosopher Siro and began his career as a poet after fleeing to Naples due to the civil disturbances in 49 B.C. ![]()
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