Ralph of Caen was well educated in the Latin classics. Besides Virgil, whose work he knew well, he was acquainted with Ovid, who did not become popular until the twelfth-century Renaissance, and even Horace, who never developed much medieval reputation.
Ralph of Caen was well-read in classical literature. He knew Virgil's work intimately, as well as Ovid's, although it wasn't until the 12th-century Renaissance that Ovid became widely known. Horace's reputation, however, had not yet been established during the medieval period.