# Virgil — The Everlasting Man character guide

> Virgil in The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** himself

**First appearance:** 0008-v-man-and-mythologies

## Who they are

Roman poet, author of the Aeneid, referenced in discussions of mythology.

## Relationships

### [Jesus Christ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_everlasting_man_se/characters/jesus_christ)

_psychological_

Virgil is seen as a pagan prophet whose Fourth Eclogue foreshadows Christ's birth, creating a symbolic link.

## In the story

### [The God in the Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_everlasting_man_se/chapters/i-the-god-in-the-cave)

His shepherds and eclogues are seen as potentially sympathetic to the Nativity, and his work represents the best of sane heathenism.

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