Virgil's Poems

Modern scholars do not accept that virgil actually wrote this poem. Despite the doubt about the authorship, the poem seems to have given rise to all kinds of bizarre fly legends associated with virgil. One of the most popular neapolitan myths held that virgil had created a bronze fly the size of a frog and placed it on one of the gates of naples. The talisman remained there for eight years during which time no flies could enter the city. In a similar vein armies attacking naples were said to have been harassed by swarms of flies sent after them by the poet. Possibly due to this control of pestilence, virgil was said to have created baths that cured