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[ I was born at Mantua, died in Calabria, and my tomb is at Parthenope: pastures, rural affairs, and heroes are the themes of my poems.]
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[ The last members of these two lines, from the commas to the end are said to have been supplied by Erotes, Virgil’s librarian.]
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[ Carm. i. 17.]
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[ “The Medea of Ovid proves, in my opinion, how surpassing would have been his success, if he had allowed his genius free scope, instead of setting bounds to it.”]
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[ Two faults have ruined me; my verse, and my mistake.]