Constantine P. Cavafy - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

The dead youth Myres (“MY-reez”) is eulogized by his gay lover in a poem this author set in his home city of Alexandria. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this poet, who repeated the line “Hope your road is a long one” in the poem “Ithaka.” This poet’s other works include “Waiting for the Barbarians.”

ANSWER: Constantine P. Cavafy [or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis]

[10e] Cavafy wrote in this language’s modern form. Sappho, a poet who used the ancient form of this language, came from the island of Lesbos, which gives its name to the term “lesbianism.”

ANSWER: Greek [accept modern Greek or Elliniká; accept ancient Greek or Hellēnikḗ]

[10m] Cavafy’s poem “Comes to Rest” depicts gay lovers having sex in a shop selling this good. Homer frequently described the sea as dark like the color of this good, which was often consumed at symposia.

ANSWER: wine [or oinos; accept wine-dark sea; prompt on alcohol]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	89%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	7	24.29	100%	100%	43%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	21.67	100%	92%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	21.11	100%	100%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	10	21.00	100%	100%	10%

Data


Miami A (UG)	CWRU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Miami B (UG)	CWRU B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State B	CWRU C (UG)	0	10	0	10
Michigan A (UG)	Michigan State A	10	10	10	30
Michigan D (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	10	20
Ohio State A (UG)	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan B (UG)	0	10	10	20
West Virginia A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Georgia A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Belmont	Auburn C	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Furman	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
James Madison A	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
James Madison B	Duke A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers A (UG)	Columbia A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Maryland B (DII)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	10	30
WashU B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Purdue B	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
SIUE	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
UBC A	UBC B	10	10	10	30
UW Wrath	UW Pride	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	Boise State	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	Tusculum	0	10	10	20
Duke B	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
NC State	William & Mary	0	10	10	20
UNC A	Liberty A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
Virginia	UNC D	0	10	10	20
VCU	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	Bard A (UG)	0	10	0	10
Lehigh B (DII)	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A (DII)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Penn B (DII)	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Princeton A (UG)	0	10	10	20
West Virginia B (UG)	Miami C (DII)	0	10	10	20
UW Chastity	Alberta	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
UW Gluttony	UW Greed	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	UW Lust	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Southern	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Illinois D	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	WashU A	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Northwestern A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Indiana	0	10	10	20