Show Virgil Not s Satisfied iii d With V His Hi Masterpiece Virgil the poet loet who wrote 2000 years ears ago was vas the son of a n humble le Tanner He lIe was born In Italy October Octo Octo- her ber 15 IG 70 iO B. B C. C in the commune of or Antics Andes close to Mantua then a n small sinai Provincial town Ills rus fn father ther Is said to have haye c been originally u ii servant who man led his lila masters master's daughter and bei became me a u thirl th hil Uniting vi ug farmer falmer herds herdsman nan and beekeeper There was wa said aI to be a Celtic strain In Virgil's blood Ills his names and Maro Mare have ha been been traced to Celtic roots says a s 's a n writer in the tho Kansas CIt City S Star ll lie probably was not n a nRoman Roman Homan citizen by birth but nut automatically automat automat- came carne under tinder the tile extension of I frn tt fi hI i 5 u l L j. j ti p laces inces bv by Julius Caesar His ills early education edu edu- cation catron was received at Milan and at eighteen he lie Joined a group of poets tt att Home the center of literary cul cut ture turc Here Herc he lie studied rhetoric languages lan Ian literature and Greek phil phy He lIe seems to ha have taken talen no part partIn In the wars of the period His Ills Eclogues l Ec c. c lo hogues ues were published in 37 B. B C C. He spent seven years ears composing the Georgics nn and all hl his life he lie worl worked ed edon on the tho Aeneid d dying ing unsatisfied with It and expressing a desire that It be I burned He died in itt 10 19 B. B U. U without ever eer having haying married |