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In "The Divine Comedy", this Roman poet serves as an informative guide through purgatory & hell |
Virgil
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$400 |
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GREAT LITERATURE BEFORE 2000 |
2025-07-23 |
#9383 |
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Before turning to epic poetry, this Roman wrote "Eclogues" that open "Under the canopy of a spreading beech" |
Virgil
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$2,000 |
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LITERARY GREEN THUMB |
2019-06-11 |
#8012 |
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In "The Divine Comedy", Dante is led through the Inferno & purgatory by the spirit of this poet |
Virgil
DD
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$1,400 |
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LITERATURE |
1994-07-01 |
#2280 |
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He wrote his "Georgics" in praise of the agricultural life before he wrote a Roman epic |
Virgil
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$400 |
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LITERARY CLASSICS |
1990-05-01 |
#1317 |
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His epic poem on the founding of Rome starred Aeneas & Dido as lovers |
Virgil
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$600 |
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CLASSICAL LITERATURE |
1989-12-21 |
#1224 |
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Called the greatest of all Latin poets, he's most noted for the "Aeneid" |
Virgil
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$400 |
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ROMAN LITERATURE |
1989-02-24 |
#1040 |
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His epic, the "Aeneid", describes the founding of Rome |
Virgil
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$600 |
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CLASSICAL LITERATURE |
1988-06-16 |
#889 |