Question

This author described a woman’s “tinted make-up, dyed / With crocodile dung” in a poem about being mocked for sexual dysfunction. The return of a festival that occurred every 110 years led this author to write a poem that translates to “secular hymn.” A work by this author, which opens with the (10[1])image of a horse’s neck on a human head and was written as (10[1])an epistle to the Pisos, includes (10[1])the use of a phrase meaning “from the egg.” This author wrote of his poetry that “I have built a monument more lasting than bronze.” This author of a work translated as “The Art of Poetry” (10[2])wrote a phrase (10[1])that translates as “it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.” For 10 points, name this poet who coined the phrase “carpe diem” (10[1])in one of his odes. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Noah DornPrinceton BYale A5110
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B6410
Richard NiuCornell CRutgers B7010
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AVassar10610
Jack RadoColumbia BPrinceton A10610
Ethan FurmanHaverfordYale C10910
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ABard A13410
Alex MoonPenn APenn B14010

Summary

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