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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. (-5[1])This author was interpreted as foretelling the birth of Jesus due to the description of a messianic child called the “great growth of Jupiter” (10[2])in the fourth section of one work. A character created by this author tears off a golden bough from a tree to gain admission to the underworld. (10[2])This poet declared “Love conquers all” in the second of his Eclogues, and declared “Of arms and the man (10[1])I sing” at the start of an (10[1])epic poem whose title character (-5[1])kills Turnus and has an affair with Dido. For 10 points, who wrote (10[1])the Aeneid ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech C24-5
Tarun KotiEmory ATennessee B4810
Alex MyrickTennessee AVanderbilt A4810
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A7510
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ABelmont7510
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn B9410
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernVanderbilt B10110
Sawyer SmithMississippi State AClemson A106-5
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AAuburn C11910
Asheton WilbanksClemson AMississippi State A1220
Shawn RichardsonClemson BEmory Oxford12210