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Life and times: the unity of Virgils work
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Brief biography of Virgil, times he lived in and why he was so important for Roman literature
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Life and times: the unity of Virgils work
Bio
Publius Vergilius Maro
Born small town near Mantua
15th October 70BC ?
Virgil was 21 when it was granted Roman Citizenship from Caesar
Educated at Cremona and Rome
Became accepted in literary court circle under patronage of Maecenas
Played no part in political or military activities
Died 19BC of fever
The worst time to live in Rome
Civil war, Caesar vs Pompey 49 to 46BC
63BC Catiline fell fighting vs Roman legions
Riots paralysed processes of gov
Caesar assassinated Ides of March 44BC
2nd civil war
Proscriptions, murders, exile during first Triumvirate
42, 41 proscriptions, 150 senators (1/4 of 600) and 2,000 equites died
3rd Civil War
Octavian vs Antony
Virgil lives for 51 years, 29 war: 16 civil
Augustus' victory at the Battle of Actium in 31BC, marks beginning of Pax Romana
Virgils predecessors
Neoteric circle
Scurrilous squibs- short rude
Exquisite polish on remote mythological subjects- long stylish
Cons
No political focus
No moralists
No focus on contemporary life
Lucretius
On the nature of the universe
The need for literature
To catch up with Greek culture
Augustus encouraged
Virgil would take up the fantastic Roman style, but through it concentrate on contemporary issues
To deal with the awful times he lived in
To not lose the ground already gained by predecessors
Audience reaction
Roman times
Supreme patriotic expression of nation's greatness
Medieval
Appreciate Christian values
Renaissance
Model of form and narrative technique
19th century critics appreciate pathos and sadness of Virgil's "accents of brooding sorrow"
Works of Virgil
Eclogues/Bucolics
Based on Greek Theocritus
Georgics
Didactic poem on agriculture
Aeneid
Occupied the rest of his life 30-19BC
Based on two deep desires
To emulate Homer
Express achievements and ideals of Rome
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