Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors. His rural upbringing influenced all his poetry, especially his earlier work, like the “Eclogues”.

oats and tea a form of poetry. Classicists will look towards narrative epics by the likes of Homer, Virgil and Dante, while modern critics may focus solely on 20th and 21st-century works by ...

Natalie Haynes considers the work of the Roman poet Virgil, ranging from his hints on bee-keeping to his great work The Aeneid. Dido is the classic wronged woman and the Aeneid contains the best ...