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Virgil Murder

PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO : 70 B.C. - 19 B.C.

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2010.09.23

Today is the 2072th anniversary of Augustus’s birth. The event was such a joy for his father that he wanted to kill the baby (Cassius Dio, 41, 1, 5), but was Gaius Octavius really his father? See http://www.virgilmurder.org/images/pdf/fili.pdf , at the end of p.2.

 

2010.09.21

 

Today is the 2028th anniversary of Virgil’s death. Even his murderer shed (crocodile) tears over his victim : see Temporibus laetis, http://golden-age.over-blog.com/5-index.html, p. 2.

 

2010.08.03

Today online the reasons why seventeen lines of the epistle to Florus should be deleted. Have a good reading! And remember: registering to virgilmurder is free and without any obligation, it’s just an encouragement. 

 
2010.06.25

Today online (in French: see “Articles inédits”) some reflections about the datation of the so-called Sidus Iulium.Have a fruitful reading!

 

2010.06.23

Now on http://golden-age.over-blog.com/5-index.html you can read an exciting commentary on the (virtually) most famous coin of the world.

 
 
 

2010.05.19 

Today online (in French): Labor improbus. Have a useful reading!

 

2010.04.22 : “Propertius, fear the Crab, eight-footed Cancer!” (Prop. 4.1.150).

Today on “More analyses”: “Propertius’ punishment”.

 
2010.03.28

Today online (More analyses): How Virgil in the sixth book of the Aeneid, has managed to express, in spite of the censorship, his disgust and anger against Augustus through his avatar Aeneas.

 

2010.03.20

Today is the 2052th anniversary of Ovid’s birthday. Let’s celebrate, let’s hope that he will be some day avenged. It depends on each of us. 

 
2010.03.17

An allusion to Attia, Julius Caesar’s niece, in the sixth book of the Aeneid ? Today online ("More analyses"). Have a fruitful reading!