paruus Atys pueroque puer dilectus Iulo.
extremus formaque ante omnis pulcher Iulus 570
Sidonio est invectus equo, quem candida Dido
esse sui dederat monimentum et pignus amoris.
--Vergil, Aeneid V.568-572
[The Trojan youth parade includes...] and Atys,
the eponymous leader of the Latin Atii,
a boy beloved by the boy Iulus.
And next to him was pretty Iulus,
the prettiest and handsomest of all the boys,
riding a horse which Sidonian Dido gave to him as an emblem of love.
VERGIL / VIRGIL
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Name: Publius Vergilius
Maro
Date: 70 BCE – 21 BCE
Works: Aeneid*
Eclogues
Georgics
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BIO:
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Vergil was born in Mantua (Cisalpine Gaul, located in northern Italy)
and lived during the tumultuous transition of Roman government from republic
to monarchy. His masterpiece, the Aeneid, tells the story of Aeneas’ migration
from Troy to Italy; it was used for centuries as the pinnacle of Roman
literature.
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GOLDEN AGE ROME
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