Question

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

ANSWER: Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro; accept Appendix Vergiliana]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Patrick BoyleNotre Dame BChicago A4610
Davis JohnsonPurdue CPurdue A6110
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame APurdue B66-5
Sebastian PujetWashU AIllinois C7510
Vikas KothariNorthwestern BIllinois D7510
Sam AlahiIllinois AWashU B7810
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BNotre Dame A10210
Emmett ChoChicago BIllinois B11310
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaIowa B11410
Sophia ArnoldSIUEIowa A12210

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%22%115.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY7100%0%29%97.43
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%50%102.20
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1080%0%20%85.25
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%91.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%80.40
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%50.63
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%94.38
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%87.33