The reason that Virgil was popular in the middle ages was due to a heavy
connection with him as a prophet. This is not due to the Aeneid but instead
due to Book six of the Ecoluges (sorry if that is mispelled) which foretells
the coming of a "golden child." Scholars of the middle ages thought that
Virgil was perdicting the coming of Christ with this. He was almost idenited
as a saint for this. It was commonly believe that Virgil was a prophet or
some sort and even odd miracles were attributed to him, like with many
saints. To find out more information. "Virgil" by David R. Slavitt. He
writes an Epilogue to his book called Virgil, the Magician.
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:00:05 -0400 (EDT)
I've been told that the Aeneid, unlike other pieces of classical
literature, was preserved and popular during the middle ages and that the
reason for this was that some believed it foretold the coming of Christ.
But, Aeneas is shown only the future of Rome and great Romans. Clearly,
the empire that Aeneas is told he shall begin is not associated with
Christianity, so why would readers think this? Is it the somewhat
critical reflection on the morality of power and empire that make the
Aeneid a more Christian epic?
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