 Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an

ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most
famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic
Aeneid.

 The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that
tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and
travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises
9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter.

 Dante, in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]—
died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary
theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the
monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The
Divine Comedy).

 The Divine Comedy is an epic poem divided into three parts (Inferno,
Purgatorio, and Paradiso) in which the author is guided through nine circles of
hell (Inferno in Italian) until he reaches Lucifer, then up the seven levels of the
mountain of Purgatory (Purgatorio), and finally up through the nine spheres of
Paradise (Paradiso).

 Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for
The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or,
alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in
what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey.

 The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories within a frame story. The

frame story involves the pilgrimage of 30 people traveling from London to
Canterbury Cathedral to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket.

 Homer is the legendary author to whom the authorship of the Iliad and the
Odyssey (the two epic poems that are the foundational works of ancient Greek
literature) is attributed. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential
authors of all time.

 The Iliad is set during the Trojan War. It focuses on a quarrel between King
Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of
the war.

 Odyssey is the story of Odysseus' ten year journey to return home after the sack
of Troy.