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Vergil (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

Other Literary Forms

There are several minor poems attributed with varying degrees of cogency to Vergil. Among these are the Culex (c. 50 b.c.e.; The Gnat, 1916), Ciris (c. 50 b.c.e.; the seabird), and Aetna (c. 50 b.c.e.).

Achievements

More than any other poet of his age, Vergil adopted traditional Greek forms of poetry and adapted them to the Roman spirit. His Eclogues were inspired by the Idylls of Theocritus (third century b.c.e.), although they included allusions to real persons and events that would have been...

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