Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil to most English-speaking places, was an ancient Roman poet and author who lived in the time of Augustus. Three of the most famous Latin poems were composed by him: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic the Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in a work known as teh Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but nowadays many scholars doubt it.

Rome has traditionally been considered Rome's greatest poet, with his Aeneid being called the greatest Latin poem and a national epic (which I disagree with because it's way too derivative of the Odyssey, but whatever.)

The works of Virgil have had a wide influence in Western literature, most notably in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, in which he appears to guide Dante through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.

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  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I go to sleep for 4 hours and suddenly the roommates have fucked up the plumbing???

    When I ask one of them what the hell happened, they tell me "oh this is why I went to use a shower last night at my parents -- they (our other roommate) showered this morning and stuff started coming up my shower"

    When I ask why the fuck they didn't call a plumber earlier or give anyone a heads up-- if they've apparently known about it since at least yesterday, given the fact that they just said that was why they went to shower at their parents last night??? :shrug-outta-hecks:

    holy fuck i'm going to murder one of them

      • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        That is apparently my roommate's experience, since they are now pissed off at me for having the gall to ask them why the hell they didn't call a plumber or tell someone in the house yesterday when they decided to drive 30 minutes out to shower at their parents

        edit: update, knowing I caught them in a lie when I asked them why they didn't give anyone a heads up before they dipped to their parents if they knew there was an issue, they have now switched their story to 'everything wasn't working last night but it also was that's why I went to my parents to shower and why you can't blame me for not calling someone earlier'