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A Christopher Marlowe ChronologyChronology

A Christopher Marlowe Chronology: Chronology L. Hopkins, A Christopher Marlowe Chronology © Lisa Hopkins 2005 39 3 70 BC Birth of Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), whose epic poem The Aeneid was the major source of Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage. Some of the lines in Marlowe’s play are direct translations from Virgil, though in one or two places Marlowe gives his material a contemporary twist. 19 BC Death of Virgil. 49 BC The march of Caesar from Gaul towards Rome. This is the main event of the First Book of Lucan’s epic poem the Pharsalia, which Marlowe later translated. 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus, after which the Pharsalia is named. 43 BC Birth of Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), whose risqué poem Amores Marlowe was the first to translate into English. Banished from Rome for reasons which the Renaissance believed to be connected with the sexual indiscretions of the Emperor Augustus’s daughter Julia, Ovid acquired a reputation as the most daring and erotic of the major class- ical poets. On the implications of Marlowe’s choice of his Amores to translate, see Cheney, Counterfeit Profession. AD 17 Death of Ovid. Birth of Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), author of the Pharsalia. Lucan was the grandson of Seneca http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Christopher Marlowe ChronologyChronology

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Hopkins, Lisa
Springer Journals — Nov 2, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
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L. Hopkins, A Christopher Marlowe Chronology © Lisa Hopkins 2005 39 3 70 BC Birth of Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), whose epic poem The Aeneid was the major source of Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage. Some of the lines in Marlowe’s play are direct translations from Virgil, though in one or two places Marlowe gives his material a contemporary twist. 19 BC Death of Virgil. 49 BC The march of Caesar from Gaul towards Rome. This is the main event of the First Book of Lucan’s epic poem the Pharsalia, which Marlowe later translated. 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus, after which the Pharsalia is named. 43 BC Birth of Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), whose risqué poem Amores Marlowe was the first to translate into English. Banished from Rome for reasons which the Renaissance believed to be connected with the sexual indiscretions of the Emperor Augustus’s daughter Julia, Ovid acquired a reputation as the most daring and erotic of the major class- ical poets. On the implications of Marlowe’s choice of his Amores to translate, see Cheney, Counterfeit Profession. AD 17 Death of Ovid. Birth of Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), author of the Pharsalia. Lucan was the grandson of Seneca

Published: Nov 2, 2015

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