The story goes that Virgil had a pet housefly, and when the insect died, Virgil spent 800,000 sesterces—nearly all of his net worth—for an extravagant funeral. Celebrities swarmed the poet’s home.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The American Journal of Philology Vol. 12, No. 2, 1891 Servius on the Tropes and Figures of Ver... Servius on the Tropes and Figures of Vergil This is ...

Starting this semester, class registration will now take place on Vergil for both Barnard and Columbia students. To help make this registration season easier for you, here’s Spectrum’s guide on how to ...

All the best stories are trilogies. The Iliad and the Odyssey weren’t complete until Vergil penned the Aeneid seven hundred years later. It took three books for Frodo to get the ring to Mount Doom.

Vergil Ortiz Jr. Future Fights: Oscar De La Hoya Talks Potential Plans De La Hoya Teases Huge Homecoming Fight for Ortiz Following his return against Lawson in January 2024, Ortiz has impressed in ...

His research focuses on the works of several Greek and Latin authors, specifically Apuleius’ Metamorphoses and Apologia, Petronius’ Satyrica, Fronto’s Correspondence, Hyginus’ Myths, and Vergil’s ...