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1. Virgil

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   Legacy and Reception
   Virgil's influence was immediate and sustained. His work was integral to the medieval curriculum, often interpreted allegorically as containing secret Christian prophecies (a trend perhaps initiated by early misreadings of Eclogue IV). Later humanists, such as Petrarch, revered his mastery of meter, though they often debated the precise cadence …