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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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
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