Virgil was inspired by the Greek poet Homer, more specifically by his works concerning Odysseus, namely "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". This can acatually be recognised when closely comparing attributes in Virgil's "the Aeneid" and Homer's epic mentioned before.
Aristophanes is generally credited with being the first Greek writer of satirical comedy.
The Odyssey.
Aeschylus
Aesop
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Virgil
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Written by Virgil in the late 1st Century BC
he knew Virgil was a respected writer and hoped people would consider his words side
Augustus commissioned Vergil to write the Aenied.
they were inspired by the cheese monsters
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she was inspired.....
Horace and Virgil
Cicero - The Aeneid by Virgil.
In Edith Hamilton's Mythology, she says this of Ovid: "...is a compendium of mythology. No ancient writer can compare to him in the respect. He told almost all the stories and he told them at great length...He was said to have a sheer nonsense about him." Virgil did not believe in myths, he instead found human nature in them and brought mythological personages to life as no one else had done since the Greek tragedians.
That was Vergil (Virgil) in his epic poem the Aeneid.