Virgil poet

David Ferry’s previous outings with Virgil, in his matchless Eclogues and Georgics, had already convinced me that he has some sort of uncanny connection to the great poet. Especially when reading the Eclogues, one hears a new-old voice, as if Virgil had miraculously learned English and decided it might do as well as Latin. This kind of translation almost needs a new name, to distinguish it from all the other worthy efforts to bring the ancient poets to life: it is an iteration, another…

Dido, the Phoenician Queen from "The Aeneid," is a tragic character who is a victim of the will of the gods. Enchanted by the god Amor, Dido becomes hopelessly enamored with Aeneas and abandons all else.

“Today in 19BC died Publius Vergilius Maro.Known as Virgil, he is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets.”

Virgil (Roman poet, 70-19 BCE) “How each man weaves his web will bring him to glory or to grief.” From The Aeneid (Book X, approximately line 135) by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin Classics, 2010).