What Was Virgil's Legacy

Virgil and his Legacy not Lived. Virgil was considered to be the best Poet and Writer of his time, even after his death. Virgil started off with poems about his life and the countryside, to writing a full length epic that would make him the greatest writer of his time. Moving away from war, and getting a free home from a close friend, Virgil tried his best to keep peace and stay away from Violence. Finally, before his death, wanting the epic he wrote to be burned, as it was unrevised, was actually published, which gave him fame. Starting off his life as a writer, Virgil spent his time writing poems of the countryside, creating something known as the ‘Eclogues’. This was a collection of poems that Virgil had made in his early years, which he used the inspiration of Theocritus. …show more content…
Starting off with the Eclogues, then going to different schools for writing and poetry, then moving from War, Virgil was very mobile although lived a simple and peaceful life. After moving to Naples to avoid the war and the conflict after Caesar’s assassination, Maecenas, one of Virgil’s friends, had talked to Octavian, who was in power after Caesar’s assassination, and Octavian had requested Virgil to write an Epic. This sparked the fire for Virgil’s fame, and as Virgil had worked on “The Aeneid” for 11 years, before he could finish it, falling deathly ill, he was never to revise it and send it to the public. However, The Aeneid was still published anyway, and after it was published, it was favored all around Rome. This, in turn, led to Virgil’s fame being seen at its peak and The Aeneid would be read and enjoyed by many more to come. Although Virgil was not able to live his fame, he took it with him to his grave, and people around the world still love and read “The Aeneid” which was only started, because of Virgil’s life choices that forced him to move, and to come in contact with