Virgil was seen as the pinnacle of Latin literature, and Latin was the dominant literary language of England at the time, therefore making Virgilian influence highly likely.

However, it is clear he was familiar with the works of Virgil and with Pliny the Elder's Natural History, and his monastery also owned copies of the works of Dionysius Exiguus.

A full catalogue of the library available to Bede in the monastery cannot be reconstructed, but it is possible to tell, for example, that Bede was very familiar with the works of Virgil.

It was based on Donatus ' De pedibus and Servius ' De finalibus, and used examples from Christian poets as well as Virgil.

Bede was familiar with pagan authors such as Virgil, but it was not considered appropriate to teach biblical grammar from such texts, and in De schematibus ... Bede argues for the superiority of Christian texts in understanding Christian literature.

Cincinnati's new quarterback, Virgil Carter, was known for his great mobility and accuracy but lacked a strong arm necessary to throw deep passes.

There was no room for the new Avery unit in Schlesinger's small studio, so Avery, Jones, and fellow animators Bob Clampett, Virgil Ross, and Sid Sutherland were moved into a small adjacent building they dubbed " Termite Terrace ".

At first he considered a career in law, but came to have, in his words, " an insurmountable aversion to everything but the pursuits of Philosophy and general Learning ; and while family fanceyed I was poring over Voet and Vinnius, Cicero and Virgil were the Authors which I was secretly devouring.

Later Republican writers, such as Lucretius, Catullus and even Cicero, wrote their own compositions in the meter and it was at this time that many of the principles of Latin hexameter were firmly established, ones that would govern later writers such as Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, and Juvenal.

The verse form itself then was little changed as the quality of a poet's hexameter was judged against the standard set by Virgil and the other Augustan poets, a respect for literary precedent encompassed by the Latin word aemulatio.

Similarly, it was commonly believed by Medieval people that other ancient figures like the poet Virgil, astronomer Ptolemy and philosopher Aristotle had been involved in magic, and grimoires claiming to have been written by them were circulated.

Father-daughter incest was for many years the most commonly reported and studied form of incest .< ref > Aeneid by Virgil, Book VI: " hic thalamum invasit natae vetitosque hymenaeos ;" = " this being punished in Hades < nowiki ></ nowiki > invaded a daughter's private room and a forbidden marital relationship.

Ivens was, however, known for his anti-fascist and other propaganda films, including The Spanish Earth, for the Spanish loyalists, co-written with Ernest Hemingway and music by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thomson.

Shortly afterwards, false reports spread in mid-March 1939 by the Romanian minister in London, Virgil Tilea, that his country was on the verge of an immediate German attack, led to a dramatic U-turn in British policy of resisting commitments in Eastern Europe.

For example, Euler could repeat the Aeneid of Virgil from beginning to end without hesitation, and for every page in the edition he could indicate which line was the first and which the last.

Although Virgil died before he could put the finishing touches on his poem, it was soon recognized as the greatest work of Latin literature.

After Virgil died, Horace was Rome's leading poet.

Perhaps the outstanding example was John Dryden's English version of the poems of Virgil, published in 1697.

In addition Hermann Broch's The Death of Virgil was published in 1945 and Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus in 1947.

It was in 39 BC that Horace was introduced to Maecenas, who had before this received Lucius Varius Rufus and Virgil into his intimacy.

The tradition holds that Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul.

The note reads: " The first years of his life Virgil spent in Cremona, right until the assumption of his toga virilis, which he accepted on his 17th birthday, when the same two men held the consulate, as when he was born, and it so happened that on the very same day Lucretius the poet passed away.

Important figures like Pliny the Elder ( in Como ) and Virgil ( in Mantua ) were born here.

Mantua's most famous ancient citizen is the poet Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil ( Mantua me genuit ), who was born near the city in 70 B. C.

* Virgil Johnson, lead singer of The Velvets, and a retired educator was born in Cameron.

Virgil Thomson was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

The poet Pacuvius was born here about 220 BC, and here the famous poet Virgil died in 19 BC.

Virgil Earp was born in Hartford, Kentucky, the second son of Nicholas Earp and Virginia Ann Cooksey.

In February 1860, while living in Pella, Iowa, 16-year-old Virgil eloped with 18-year-old Dutch immigrant Magdalena C. " Ellen " Rysdam ( born November 25, 1842 in Utrecht, Netherlands – died May 3, 1910 in Cornelius, Oregon ).

Virgil, Catullus and Livy, three famous sons of the province, were born in Gallia Cisalpina.

Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. (, born October 17, 1946 ) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.

Goode was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Alice Clara ( née Besecker ) and Virgil Hamlin Goode.

Donald Virgil " Don " Bluth ( born September 13, 1937 ) is an American animator, video game designer and independent studio owner.

Bluth was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Emaline ( née Pratt ) and Virgil Ronceal Bluth.

* Virgil Akins ( born 1928 ), American boxer

Virgil Gay Bogue was born in Norfolk, New York, on July 20, 1846.

Rogue ( born Virgil Roger du Pont III, July 4, 1972 ) is a founding member and lead singer of the American goth / electropop band The Crüxshadows.

Virgil Eugene Hill ( born January 18, 1964 ) is an American boxer of partly Native American heritage, who forged a solid connection between the state of North Dakota and the sport of boxing.

Virgil Donati ( born 22 October 1958 ) is an Australian drummer, frequent drum clinician and a producer.

Virgil Donati was born on 22 October 1958 in Melbourne, Australia of Italian descent.

Many members of the international " haiku community " also got their first views of haiku from Blyth's books, including American author James W. Hackett ( born 1929 ), Eric Amann, William J. Higginson, Anita Virgil, Jane Reichhold, and Lee Gurga.

Virgil Earnest Irvan, more commonly known as Ernie Irvan ( born January 13, 1959 ) is a former race driver in NASCAR.

Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as " The American Dream " Dusty Rhodes ( born October 12, 1945 ), is a semi-retired American professional wrestler currently working for WWE as the Commissioner of NXT.

* Dusty Rhodes ( wrestler ) ( born 1945 ), ring name of professional wrestler Virgil Runnels, Jr