Gervase of Tilbury claimed that an English scholar and Roger II of Sicily conspired to steal this man's bones.
Gervase of Tilbury claimed that an English scholar and Roger II of Sicily conspired to steal this man's bones. According to legend, this man supported the foundation of the Castel dell'Ovo by burying a golden griffin egg under its wall. In a story from the Power of Woman genre, this man is trapped in a large basket by an emperor's daughter. In the Middle Ages, this author's reputation as a sorcerer inspired a method of divination based on the Sortes Homericae that involved selecting random passages from his work. This man allegedly caused a (*) ruler's sister Octavia to faint by reading from his best-known work, which that ruler saved from being burnt after this man died in Brundisium. An object from a poem by this author titles a book that discusses the priesthood at Nemi, James Frazer's The Golden Bough. For 10 points, name this author of the Aeneid.
Gervase of Tilbury claimed that an English scholar and Roger II of Sicily conspired to steal this man's bones.
Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro]