Virgil, whose name was Publius Virgilius Maro, was born on the banks of the river Mincio, at the village of Andes, near Mantua (B C 70-19 ) Sweet Maro's muse, sunk in inglorious rest, Had silent slept amid the Minclan reeds Thomson: Castle of Indolence Maron or Marron (French) A catspaw (q v ) Se servir de la patte du chat pour tirer les marrons du feu; in Italian, Cavare i marroni dal fuoco colla zampa del gatto Cest ne se point commettre a faire de l'élat Et tirer les marrons de la patte du chat L'Etourdi, iii 7 Maronites (3 syl ) A Christian tribe of Syria in the eighth century; so called from the monastery of Maron, on the slopes of Lebanon, their chief seat; so called from John Maron, Patriarch of Antioch, in the sixth century