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Phanocles’s Erotes, part of a body of literature named for one of this author’s works, lists same-sex mythological lovers like Orpheus and Calais using a modified form of the e’hoie formula. This author wins a tripod in a contest at Chalcis against his predecessor for his peaceful (15[1])poems, (15[1])as described in the Certamen. It’s not Homer, but a poem sometimes identified with this native of Ascra’s poem Megalai Ehoiai (15[1])has sections beginning with “or such as,” which inspired a body of Hellenistic (*) catalogue poetry. This author discussed two forms of Eris who respectively cause war and encourage men to action, counseling his brother to avoid the former in a didactic agricultural poem. One of this poet’s works opens with the Heliconian Muses giving him “a shoot of sturdy laurel” before this brother of Perses begins his song. For 10 points, name this epic poet of Works and Days, (10[2])who recounted divine genealogies (10[1])in his Theogony. ■END■

ANSWER: Hesiod [or Hesiodos] (The unnamed work in the first few lines is the Catalogue of Women.)
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Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizJJaryland4615
Arya KarthikSandmännchen im HelikopterParden the Interruption4715
Richard NiuThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola1.g4 Test Mixture6815
Andrew ZengNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HesseLet's Fighting Love14710
Jerry VinukurovmnemonistschamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia14710
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)boy's jitches (ft. DMA)15110

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