Question

A condensed version of one of this author’s works contains the acrostic “ITALICUS SCRIPSIT.” This author is parodied in The Battle of the Frogs and Mice. (10[1])One poem by this author includes a vivid ekphrasis of a character’s shield, while that work’s Book 2 (10[1])contains a Catalog of Ships. (10[1])This author’s most famous (10[1])poems, which include the epithets “rosy-fingered Dawn” and “wine-dark sea,” (10[1])begin in medias res and were composed in dactylic hexameter. A poem by this author opens, “Sing, O Muse, (-5[1])of the rage of Achilles.” For 10 points, name this ancient Greek epic poet to whom the Iliad and the (10[1])Odyssey are traditionally attributed. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Homer [or Homeros]
<Literature - European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
SaifFordhamDelaware B2510
Jasmine Bao (UG)Swarthmore ARowan4310
Jacob Martin (UG)MarylandPenn4810
Ben Rotko (UG)Swarthmore BColumbia A5210
Andrew Yang (UG)Columbia BNYU C6210
Keegan Martin (UG)NYU APrinceton81-5
Luke McCrory (DII)NYU BRutgers10110
Finn Doyle (DII)PrincetonNYU A10610

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y7100%0%14%62.43