# Virgil — Dialogues character guide

> Virgil in Dialogues by Seneca.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

Roman poet, author of the Aeneid, frequently quoted for moral lessons.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned alongside Homer as a poet whose works can provide comfort and intellectual engagement.

### [On the Folly of Postponement and the Fleeting Nature of Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/ix)

Quoted as 'the greatest of bards' whose verse warns that the best days of mortals are the first to fly.

### [The Spirit of Giving](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/vii)

Quoted for the example of the poor old soldier who holds himself as rich as kings.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_2_se/chapters/endnotes)

Quoted in notes (Aeneid IX, 612; I, 282; III, 418).

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