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This poet suggested waiting for nine years before publishing one’s work in a poem that notes that “a word once sent abroad can never return.” This poet complained about “weighty openings” that have “purple patches” tacked on in a poem written in hexameters that notes that “as painting, so is poetry.” The first of four books of a collection by this poet notes “now is the time for drinking!” (20[3]0[1])A (20[1])dedication (20[1])to his patron (0[1])(*) Maecenas (10[1]0[2])(“my-SEE-nass”) opens (10[2])a collection by this poet (10[1])that introduced such phrases as “it is (10[1])sweet (10[1])and right (10[3])to die (10[3])for one’s (10[1])country,” (10[2]0[1])or “dulce (“DULL-chay”) et (10[1])decorum (0[2])est,” (0[5])as well as a phrase (0[1])that means “seize the day.” For 10 points, name this Roman author of Ars Poetica, (0[1])who coined the phrase “carpe diem” in (10[1])one of his Odes. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[7])

ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
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