Shakespeare's funerary monument Socrates in genius, a Maro in art," comparing Shakespeare to Nestor the wise King of Pylus, to the Greek philosopher Socrates, and to the Roman poet Virgil (whose last name, or "cognomen" was Maro). The second reads "The earth buries him, the people mourn him, Olympus possesses him," referring to Mount Olympus, the home of the Greek gods. The English poem reads: As modernized by Katherine Duncan-Jones: Stanley Wells is one of the few biographers to comment on the poem, saying that it "somewhat cryptically calls on the passer-by to pay tribute to his greatness as a writer", and admitting
Maro Itoje with Saracens, two European Rugby Champions Cup titles, and two Six Nations Championship titles. Maro Itoje was born in Camden, London on 28 October 1994 to Nigerian parents. He attended Salcombe Preparatory School in Southgate, North London at a primary level, before moving to St George's School, Harpenden, a state boarding school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and later Harrow School, a public school in the outer reaches of Greater London. He is reading for a Politics degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in Bloomsbury, London. As a schoolboy, Itoje played several sports including basketball, football, rugby and athletics,