Excerpt from The Works of Virgil: Literally Translated Into English Prose, With Notes

About the same time Virgil became acquainted with the proverbial patron of men of genius, Maecenas, at whose mansion his friendship with Horace probably commenced. The writings of the latter show that the most cordial intimacy must have subsisted between these distinguished poets and their liberal entertainer.

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