In order to obtain grazia, these people are advised to learn a “certain nonchalance” that disguises the fact that they are performing difficult tasks. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people who should demonstrate Sprezzatura according to a book titled for them by Baldassare Castiglione.
ANSWER: courtiers [accept Book of the Courtier or Il Cortegiano]
[10e] Castiglione desired for courtiers to have mastery over both Latin and this other Classical language spoken by Aristotle.
ANSWER: Ancient Greek
[10m] Ancient courtiers may have had titles like “Master of Squires” or this position that Sargon the Great held under Ur-Zababa. In Greek myth, a boy kidnapped by an eagle from Mount Ida replaced Hebe in this position.
ANSWER: cup-bearer [prompt on non-specific answers such as a waiter or servant] (The boy is Ganymede.)
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