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])