(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Blake, William (1757-1827) The Pastorals of Virgil 1821 Princeton University Art…
(1265–1321) Works: • De Monarchia (English) • Divina Commedia (Italian) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Cary’s Translation) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Longfellow’s Translation) • Il Convito (The Banquet) (English) • La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (English, Rossetti’s Translation) Quotes: • Dante Alighieri: Quotations Dante…
(1478–1529) Baldassare Castiglione in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Baldassarre Castiglione 1514–1515 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Diplomats | Humanists | Poets | Writers
(354–430) Works: • Confessiones (Latin) ◊ The Confessions (English) • Soliloquies (English) • The City of God, Volume I (English) • The City of God, Volume II (English) • Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy (English) Saint Augustine in Art: Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione c.1440…
(1470–1547) Pietro Bembo in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del Cardinale Pietro Bembo 1539–1540 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Bishops | Cardinals | Humanists | Philologists | Poets | Writers
(1890–1976) Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Works: • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) • The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie in Film: Agatha 1979 Director: Michael Apted Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,…
(1832–1888) Works: • A Garland for Girls (English) • A Modern Cinderella (English) • A Modern Mephistopheles (English) • A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School (English) • An Old-Fashioned Girl (English) • Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag, Volume…
(1749–1832) Works: • Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life (English) • Belagerung von Mainz (German) • Βέρθερος (Greek) • Briefe aus der Schweiz (German) • Briefe Schillers und Goethes an A. W. Schlegel (German) • Briefe von Goethe…
(1828–1910) Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Works: • A Confession (English) ◊ Ma confession (French) • A Critical Essay on Shakespeare (English) • A Letter to a Hindu (English) • A Russian Proprietor, and Other Stories (English) • Anna Karenina (English) ◊ Anna Karenina (Dutch) ◊ Anna…
(65 BC–8 BC) Quintus Horatius Flaccus Works: • Ars Poetica (Latin) • Carmen Saeculare (Latin) • Carmina (Latin) • Epistula Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica (Latin) ◊ The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the Pisos (English) • Epistulae (Latin) • Epodi (Latin) •…