when Virgil died, and it was published contrary to his wishes.

Besides the _Aenéis_, Virgil wrote the _Bucolica_, ten
Eclogues imitated and partially translated from the Greek poet
Theocritus. The _Georgica_, a poem of four books on agriculture
in its different branches, is considered his most finished work, and
the most perfect production of Roman art-poetry. (See page 179.)


HORACE (65-8).

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS left four books of Odes, one of Epodes, two
of Satires, two of Epistles, and the _Ars Poetica_. (See page
180.)


TIBULLUS (54-29).

ALBIUS TIBULLUS, an elegiac poet, celebrated in exquisitely fine poems
the beauty and cruelty of his mistresses.


PROPERTIUS (49-15).

SEXTUS PROPERTIUS, a native of Umbria, was also an elegiac poet, and
wrote mostly on love.


OVID (43 B.C.--18 A.D.)