Precis for "Aspects of Virgil's reception in antiquity"

           R. J. Tarrant in his essay, "Aspects of Virgil's reception in antiquity", assures that Virgil's works, especially the Aeneid, had an extremely strong impact on other ancient works of and after their time. He says although Virgil takes a second place to the Greek poet, Homer, he was still extremely influential (positively or negatively) and notable. Tarrant discusses how Virgil's works were accepted into ancient culture, and also the reasons why they were. The audience to this essay could be any reader of Virgilian poetry, but also any reader of any ancient poetry that may have derived or may relate to Virgil's own work.
          I thought this article was really interesting. For some reason, I think it's interesting that Virgil's three major poems rank in order of greatness starting with the last and then returning to the first (in the author's opinion). I think it's interesting to look at the reader response to what Virgil presents when it was first written as opposed to what it is now; it changes how I look at the Aeneid as a whole and also Virgil himself. The coolest part, however, in my opinion is that Virgil is still considered one of the greatest poets to ever have lived today, the same way he was then.