"Eclogæ," 8, p. 75,--_Virgil_.
VIRGIL, the greatest of Roman epic poets, was born at Andes near Mantua,
October 5, 70 B.C., and died at Brundisium, September 21, 19 B.C. He
wrote the "Georgics," "Bucolics," and the epic, "The Æneid," in 12
books.
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief.
"Ars Poetica," 102,--_Horace_.
HORACE (QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS), the great Latin lyric poet, was born
at Venusia, Italy, December 8, 65 B.C., and died at Rome November 27, 8
B.C. He wrote: "Satires," "Epodes," "Odes," and his famous "Epistles."
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
--_Livy_.
LIVY, the great Roman historian, was born at Patavium (Padua), 59 B.C.,
and died there A.D. 17. He wrote the "History of Rome from the Founding
of the City," in 142 "books," many of which have been lost.