A short poem called “The Gnat” was traditionally attributed to this author, and is included in an Appendix once considered to contain this author’s.youthful works. (10[1]-5[2])This author was interpreted as foretelling (10[1])the birth of Jesus (10[1])due to the (10[2])description (-5[1])of a messianic child called the (-5[1])“great growth (10[1])of (10[1]-5[1])Jupiter” (10[2])in the fourth section of one work. (-5[1])A character created (10[1])by this author (10[1])tears off a golden bough (-5[1])from a tree (10[1]-5[1])to gain admission (10[1])to the underworld. (10[7])This poet declared (10[1])“Love conquers (-5[1])all” (-5[1])in the second (10[1])of his (10[1])Eclogues, (10[2])and declared (10[1])“Of arms (10[1])and the man (10[2])I sing” (10[1]-5[1])at the start of an (10[1])epic (10[1]-5[1])poem whose title character (-5[1])kills Turnus and has an affair with (10[1])Dido. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, who wrote (10[1])the Aeneid (10[7])■END■ (10[16]0[4])