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A short poem called “The Gnat” was traditionally attributed to this author, and is included in (10[1])an Appendix once considered to contain this author’s.youthful works. (10[2])This author was interpreted as foretelling the birth of Jesus (10[1])due to (10[1])the (10[1])description (-5[1])of a messianic child called the “great growth of Jupiter” in (10[1])the (-5[1])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[1])This poet declared “Love conquers all” in the second (10[1])of his (10[1])Eclogues, and declared “Of arms and the man I sing” (-5[1])at the start of (10[1])an epic poem whose title character kills Turnus and has (10[1])an affair with Dido. For 10 points, who wrote the Aeneid (10[2])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Virgil [or Publius Vergilius Maro; accept Appendix Vergiliana]
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY7100%0%29%97.43
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%50%102.20
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh B (DII)1510
Xavier Bomhorst (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)2410
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham AColumbia J (DII)2410
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B3410
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Penn B (DII)3610
Steven McPhillimey (UG)Lehigh A (UG)Bard A (UG)3710
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Penn B (DII)38-5
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham APenn A (DII)4910
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Rutgers B50-5
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rowan A (DII)7510
Andrew YangColumbia BRutgers A (UG)8410
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)8610
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Maryland B (DII)96-5
Lucas Shedlock (UG)Princeton A (UG)NYU B10010
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BRowan A (DII)11010
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)12110
Leonard Castine (DII)Penn B (DII)NYU A (UG)12110
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BBard A (UG)12210
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)12210