Question
The title of this author’s lost work Silvae was likely the inspiration for the collection Silvae by the poet Statius, who modeled many of its poems on earlier authors. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who also wrote an epic poem which abruptly ends as a commander thinks about the heroic soldier Scaeva while being attacked in Egypt.
ANSWER: Lucan [or Marcus Annaeus Lucanus] (The poem is Pharsalia. The commander is Julius Caesar.)
[10e] Statius’ collection Silvae contains a few lyric odes inspired by this earlier Roman author’s Odes, which contains the declaration “carpe diem” or “seize the day.”
ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
[10m] One of Statius’ lyric odes from Silvae addresses this author as the “leader of the lyric host.” This author wrote many epinikia, or victory odes, for winners of Panhellenic festivals.
ANSWER: Pindar
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |