Round 10: 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 mentions the theory that bees are born from the carcass of an ox. 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 (10[1])Rufus and Plotius Tucca edited and published this author’s (10[1])final work after being pressured by Augustus to ignore this author’s posthumous wishes to have the manuscript burned. For 10 points, name this author who wrote (10[1])“I sing of arms and the man” to open the Aeneid. ■END■ (0[2])

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