Round 8: Tossup 3

A poem attributed to this author describes a shepherd who is haunted by a gnat after killing it saves his life. The most important work of Maffeo Vegio was a Supplementum that “finished” a work by this author. This author analogized societies at war with the harmony of a colony of bees in a work that also (10[2])mentions the (-5[1])theory that bees are born from the carcass of an ox. (10[1])This author may have purposely suggested that one of his characters violated his piety with an act committed in anger at the sight of a belt. Lucius Varius Rufus and Plotius Tucca edited and published this author’s final work after being pressured by (10[1])Augustus to ignore this author’s posthumous wishes to have the manuscript burned. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author who wrote “I sing of (-5[1])arms and the man” to open the Aeneid. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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