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| Which writer was born in Sulmo? | Ovid |
| What are Ovid's dates? | 43 B.C. - A.D. 17 |
| In which two works does Ovid tell the sad story of his life in exile? | Tristia & Epistulae ex Ponto |
| In what literary circle did Ovid take part? | Messalla's |
| Which elegaic writer was Ovid's closest friend? | Tibullus |
| How many times was Ovid married? | 3 |
| Who was Ovid's last wife? | Fabia |
| To what city was Ovid banned? | Tomis |
| To what remote region was Ovid banned? | Black Sea |
| Who had Ovid banished? | Augustus |
| What work of Ovid's contributed to his banishment | Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love) |
| How many years was Ovid in exile? | last 10 years of his life |
| Name the tragedy which Ovid composed. | The Medea |
| In what meter were most of Ovid's works written? | elegaic couplet |
| What is the meter of the Metamorphoses? | hexameter |
| What government job did Ovid hold as a young man? | lower court judge |
| Which work of Ovid's was a treatise on how to win the love of a mistress? | Ars Amatoria |
| Who is Ovid's sweatheart in his Amores? | Corinna |
| How many books in Ovid's Amores? | 3 |
| How many poems in Ovid's Amores? | 49 |
| Which work of Ovid is 21 love letters, many from famous of women (e.g. Helen, Dido, etc.)? | Heroides |
| Which work of Ovid's is a manual on the art of seduction? | Ars Amatoria |
| What is the name of Ovid's unfinished work "On Fishing"? | Haleutica |
| What is Ovid's masterpiece? | Metamorphoses |
| What is the name of Ovid's work on "Holidays"? | Fasti |
| Which work of Ovid's did the poet think would make him immortal? | Metamorphoses |
| Where was Catullus born? | Verona |
| Who was Catullus' Lesbia in real life? | Clodia Pulcher |
| Who is the woman mentioned in some 25 of Catullus' poems | Lesbia |
| How many poems are in the Catullan corpus of poems? | 116 |
| Aproximately how many of Catullus' poems were to or about Lesbia? | 25 |
| What is the name of the 11 syllable meter which Catullus frequently used? | hendecasyllabic |
| Which Roman referred to Catullus' group of poets as neoterics? | Cicero |
| What is an epyllion? | a short or mini epic |
| Which poet wrote a poem about Attis & Cybele? | Catullus |
| Which numbered poem of Catullus was about Attis & Cybele? | #63 |
| Which Catullan poem is called The Lock of Bernice? | #66 |
| Which poet has a poem which begins "Odi et amo.." | Catullus |
| Which female poet was a great influence on Catullus? | Sappho |
| How old was Catullus probably when he died? | 30 |
| Which of the Golden Age poets, whose works survive was one of the "new poets"? | Catullus |
| Which poet wrote and epyllion on the Marriage of Pelius & Thetis? | Catullus |
| In what meter are Catullan poems 69-116? | elegaic couplet |
| Which poet wrote a poem about the death of his girlfriend's sparrow? | Catullus |
| Which poet wrote a poem about a dinner invitation in which guests were to supply the food and wine? | Catullus |
| Which Roman poet is most famous for his use of hendecasyllabic meter? | Catullus |
| Who wrote De Rerum Natura? | Lucretius |
| What kind of poem is De Rerum Natura? | didactic (i.e. a poem designed for "teaching") |
| What philosophy was Lucretius a proponent of? | Epicurean philosophy |
| How many books in the De Rerum Natura? | six |
| What is the meter of De Rerum Natura? | dactylic hexameter |
| How did Lucretius supposedly die? | suicide |
| To whom was the De Rerum Natura dedicated? | Memmius |
| Which didactic poem discusses the theory of atoms? | De Rerum Natura |
| Who is called "The Mantuan"? | Virgil |
| Which Roman poet's writings were deeply influenced by his country upbringing? | Virgil |
| Which writer studied under Silo the Epicurean in Naples? | Virgil |
| Which writer's family farm was confiscated in the late 40's? | Virgil |
| What was Virgil's first published work? | The Eclogues |
| What literary circle was Virgil part of during the last half of his life? | Maecenas |
| Who was Virgil's first literary patron | Pollio (Ausinus) |
| Who was Virgil's literary patron during the height of his career? | Maecenas |
| How many poems in the Eclogues? | 10 |
| What is another name for the Eclogues? | The Bucolics |
| What type of poetry are the Eclogues? | pastoral |
| What Greek was Virgil imitating in his Eclogues? | The Idylls (of Theocritus) |
| What great poet was Virgil imitating in his Eclogues? | Theocritus (in his Idylls) |
| Which of the Eclogues is the "Messianic" poem? | 4th |
| What is the verse of the Eclogues? | hexameter |
| Which work of Virgil is about farming | The Georgics |
| How long did Virgil spend on the Georgics? | 7 years |
| How many books in the Georgics? | 4 |
| Which book of the Georgics is about raising crops? | 1st |
| Which book of the Georgics is about trees, olives and grapevines | 2nd |
| Which book of the Georgics is about raising cattle? | 3rd |
| Which book of the Georgics is about? beekeeping | 4th |
| Which of Virgil's works is considered "didactic"? | The Georgics |
| In which of Virgil's work does he end with the story of Orpheus and Eurydice? | The Georgics |
| At whose urging did Virgil write the Georgics? | Maecenas |
| What Greek poet did Virgil imitate in writing his Georgics | Hesiod ("Works and Days") |
| What great Greek work was Virgil imitating in his Georgics? | "Works and Days" of Hesiod |
| What meter is used in the Georgics? | hexameter |
| Which of Virgil's works is considered his most polished? | The Georgics |
| What type of poetry are the Georgics? | didactic |
| How many books in the Aeneid? | 12 |
| At whose request did Virgil write the Aeneid? | Augustus |
| What Greek writer was the model for the Aeneid | Homer |
| Which part of the Aeneid is modelled on the Odyssey | Bk I-VI |
| What part of the Aeneid is modelled on The Iliad? | Bk VII-XII |
| How many years did Virgil spend writing the Aeneid? | last 10 years |
| Which major work of Virgils was left unfinished? | The Aeneid |
| How many verses of the Aeneid were left unfinished? | 50 |
| Which friends of Virgil finished the Aeneid for him. | Varius Rufus and Tucca |
| What request did Virgil make on his deathbed regarding the Aeneid | that it be burned |
| What is considered Rome's greatest epic? | The Aeneid |
| Which genre of poetry is The Aeneid? | epic |
| Which great work was later consulted like the Sybilline Books? | The Aeneid |
| What are the Sortes Vergiliana | "The Oracles of Virgil" i.e. The Aeneid |
| What is the meter of The Aeneid? | hexameter |
| Which great book became a standard textbook in schools during the Empire? | The Aeneid |
| To whom is the following attributed: "Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope..." | Virgil |
| Where was Virgil buried? | at Naples |
| Who ordered that The Aeneid be published? | Augustus |
| What great poet did Virgil introduce to Maecenas? | Horace |
| In which Bk. of The Aeneid does Aeneas go to the Underworld? | Bk.6 |
| Which Roman poet died in 19 B.C.? | Virgil (70-19 B.C.) |
| Which poem begins: "Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris..." | The Aeneid |
| Where did Virgil die? | Brundisium |
| Which collected work of Virgil's is the Ciris? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which work of Virgil's includes the Copa? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which work of Virgil's includes the Culex? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which work of Virgil's includes the Dirae? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which work of Virgil's includes the Moretum? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which work of Virgil's includes the Aetna? | Appendix Vergiliana |
| Which poet was born in Venusia? | Horace |
| Which poet is famous for the Sabine farm? | Horace |
| Which writer made his Latin teacher Orbilius famous or infamous? | Horace |
| Who wrote the Epodes? | Horace |
| How many poems in the Epodes? | 17 |
| What is the Latin title for Horace's Satires? | Sermones |
| How many books in the Sermones? | 2 |
| In which work do we read about Horace's trip to Brundisium? | Saturae or Sermones |
| In which work does Horace tell the humorous story of a bore whom he can't get rid of? | Saturae or Sermones |
| In which work of Horace is the story of the town and country mouse retold? | Saturae or Sermones |
| What is another name for Horace's Odes? | Carmina |
| How many books in Horace's Odes? | 4 |
| Who were Horace's Greek models in his Odes? | Sappho and Alceus |
| How many poems in Bk I-III of the Odes? | 88 |
| How many poems in Bk.IV of the Odes? | 15 |
| Which poet is famous for Carpe Diem! | Horace |
| Which poet sided with Brutus in the Civil War and claims to have run from battle? | Horace |
| Who was Horace's patron? | Maecenas |
| Who introduced Horace to Maecenas | Virgil and Varius Rufus |
| Which poet worked as a treasury clerk before being discovered? | Horace |
| Who composed the Ars Poetica? | Horace |
| What is another name for the Ars Poetica? | Epistulae ad Pisones |
| What is the meter of Horace's Epistulae? | hexameter |
| Who composed the Carmen Saeculare | Horace |
| At whose request did Horace compose the Carmen Saeculare? | Augustus |
| What is Horace's greatest work? | The Odes or Carmina |
| Who is famous for the "Aurea Mediocritas"? | Horace |
| Which poet wrote: "Exegi monumentum aere perinnius"? | Horace |
| Which writer wrote: "O fons Bandusiae..." | Horace |
| Which poet wrote: "Integer vitae scelerisque vitro"? | Horace |
| Which work of Horace was performed by 27 boys and 27 girls? | Carmen Saeculare |
| Which poet immortalized the words "Carpe diem!" | Horace |
| In which book of Horace's Odes are the "Roman Odes"? | 3 |
| Poet born in Assisi? | Propertius |
| What type of poetry did Propertius write | elegiac |
| Horace said this poet "aped" Callimachus | Propertius |
| Which poet wrote about Cynthia? | Propertius |
| How many book of poetry did Propertius compose? | 4 |
| Which book of Propertius is also called Cynthia Monobiblos? | 1 |
| What is the true name of Propertius' Cynthia? | Hostia |
| Which poet called himself the "Roman Callimachus"? | Propertius |
| In which book is Propertius' farewell to Cynthia? | 3 |
| Which poet wrote an epicedium for Cornelia? | Propertius |
| What is the term for a poem "song sung over the corpse of the deceased"? | epicedium |
| What is the number of the poem of Propertius which is an epicedium? | eleven (Bk.4) |
| What type of poetry did Tibullus write? | elegiac |
| name three famous poets who lost lands in the confiscations of 41/40? | Tibullus, Propertius and Virgil |
| Who was the patron of Tibullus? | Messala Corvinus |
| How many books of poetry did Tibullus write? | 2 |
| To what women did Tibullus write his love elegies? | Delia |
| Tibullus' Delia is a pseudonymn for whom? | Plania |
| Which poet wrote about Delia? | Tibullus |
| Which poet wrote elegies to a boy named Marathus? | Tibullus |
| In which book of poetry did Tibullus write to Delia? | Bk.1 |
| How many poems in Tibullus' Bk.2 | 6 |
| To what two women does Tibullus write? | Delia & Nemesis |
| Which writer's corpus of writings includes the poets Sulpicia and Lygdamus? | Tibullus |
| Who was the uncle of Sulpia who was a patron? | Messala Corvinus |
| What female poet wrote under Tibullus? | Sulpicia |
| How many elegies of Sulpicia are there? | 6 |
| Who is the object of Sulpicia's love in her elegies? | Cerinthus |
| Which poet does a dramatization of the Ambarvalia? | Tibullus |
| What is the name of Livy's great work? | Ab Urbe Condita |
| How many books in Ab Urbe Condita? | 142 |
| How many books are extant/survive from Ab Urbe Condita? | 35 |
| Which writer is accused of Patavinitas by Asinius Pollio? | Livy |
| Which famous Roman writer was born in Padua? | Livy |
| Which historian did Augustus teasingly call "Pompeian"? | Livy |
| Which historian's style reflects that of Cicero? | Livy |
| What event marks the end of Ab Urbe Condita? | death of Drusus in 9 A.D. |
| With what notable firgures does Ab Urbe Condita begin? | Romulus and Remus |
| Which historian was critical of the moral decay and lack of discipline of the Romans of his day? | Livy |
| What are Livy's dates? | 59 B.C. - 17 A.D. |
| Considered Rome's greatest scholar | Varro |
| Prolific writer who produced more than 600 volumes | Varro |
| prolific writer said to have died with pen in hand | Varro |
| Called "Reatinus" | Varro |
| He proposed title "Pater Patriae" for Augustus in 2 A.D. | Messalla Corvinus |
| Patron of Tibullus, Ovid & Sulpicia | Messala Corvinus |
| Famous uncle of Sulpicia | Messala Corvinus |
| Wrote De Architectua | Vitruvius |
| Number of books in De Architectura? | 10 |
| Di Vinci's Vitruvian man refers to the theory of human proportions from this work | De Architectura |
| Freedman famous for his maxims which he made for schools | Publilius Syrus |
| His only surviving work is De Re Rustica | Varro |
| Wrote 25 volume "De Lingua Latina" | Varro |
| Wrote the Saturae Menippae | Varro |
| Wrote four books of elegies to/for his mistress Lycoris | Gallus |
| Elegist who committed suicide after Augustus renounced their friendship | Gallus |
| Started the trend of elegists who write a cycle of poems centered on one mistress | Gallus |
| Name the7 Latin Elegists | Catullus, Gallus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, Lygdamus & Sulpicia |
| Who was Gallus' Lycoris? | Cytheris |
| How many books in De Bello Gallico | 7 |
| Who wrote Bk.8 of De Bello Gallico | Hirtius |
| Name for Caesar's lost grammar? | De Analogia |
| Which poet was Nero's arbiter elegantiae (arbiter of taste)? | Petronius (Arbiter) |
| Who wrote the first Roman novel? | Petronius (Arbiter) |
| Which literary work includes the Cena Trimalchionis (or) Trimalchio's Dinner? | Satyricon |
| Which literary work includes a tale about a soldier who turns into a werewolf | The Satyricon (Trimalchio's Dinner) |
| Who wrote the Apologia as his defense for getting his wife through magic? | Lucius Apuleius |
| What is another name for The Golden Ass | The Metamorphoses |
| What is the only fully surviving Roman novel? | The Metamorphoses or Aureus Asinus |
| Which novel includes the tale of Cupid and Psyche? | The Metamorphosees or Aureus Asinus (Golden Ass) |
| In which work is the narrator initiated into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris? | The Metamorphoses (or Aureus Asinus) |
| How many books in Apuleius' Metamorphoses? | eleven |
| Who did Petronius Arbiter die? | forced tocommit suicide (Piso's C) |
| Which work is considered the greatest epic after the Aeneid? | The Pharsalia |
| How many books in the Pharsalia? | ten |
| What is the name of the epic about the Civil War of Pompey vs. Caesar | The Pharsalia |
| Who wrote the Pharsalia? | Lucan |
| Who said "satire is all our own"? | Quintilian |
| Who is considered the FOUNDER OF LATIN SATIRE? | Lucilius |
| What is established meter for satire? | hexameter |
| After which prior satirist did Horace model his Trip to Brundisium? | Lucilius |
| How many books of satire did Lucilius write? | 30 |
| Who wrote the Saturae Menippeae? | Varro |
| What is another name for Horace's "Satirae"? | Sermones |
| How many books in Horace's Satirae/Sermones? | 2 |
| Who composed the Iter Brundisium? | Horace |
| How many books of satire did Persius write? | six |
| Which satirist studied with Lucan under Cornutus? | Persius |
| Who is considered Rome's greatest satirist? | Juvenal |
| How many books of satire did Juvenal write? | five |
| How many satires were in Juvenal's five books of satire? | 16 |
| Who coined the phrase "Panem et Circenses" (Bread and Circuses)? | Juvenal |
| Who wrote the Apolcolocyntosis? | Seneca the Younger |
| What satirical work is about the deification of Claudius | The Apocolocyntosis |
| Which writer was a tutor of Nero? | Seneca the Younger |
| What is Martial's full name? | Marcus Valerius Martialis |
| Who is considered the master of the epigram, or short poem? | Martial |
| Who wrote the "Liber Spectaculorum"? | Martial |
| What did the "Liber Spectaculorum" commemorate? | The opening of the Colosseum in 80 A.D. |
| What is the meter of the "Liber Spectaculorum"? | elegaic couplet |
| Elegaic couplet is a two line meter. What is the first line and what is the second line? | the first line is hexameter and the 2nd is pentameter |
| How many poems in the Liber Spectaculorum"? | 33 |
| How many poems in Martial's epigrams? | approximately 1,500 |
| What is the dominant meter of Martial's Epigrams? | elegaic couplet |
| What are the three main works of Sallust? | Bellum Catilinae, Bellum Jugurthinum & the Historiae |
| How many books in Sallust's Historiae? | 5 |
| What two decades does Sallust cover in his Historiae? | 70's and 60's B.C. - with Pompey as the dominant character |
| Who wrote "De Viris Illustribus"? | Cornelius Nepos |
| How many books in "De Viris Illustribus"? | 16 |
| Who is the only Roman in "De Viris Illustribus"? | Cato the Younger |
| Who is the originator of the genre of biography? | Cornelius Nepos |
| Who wrote the "Exempla"? | Cornelius Nepos |
| Who wrote the "Chronica"? | Cornelius Nepos |
| Which lost work of Cornelius Nepos was a three book ouline history of the world? | Chronica |
| What is the work of C. Nepos which is a series of biographies on primarily famous Greeks and Persians | De Viris Illustribus |
| Tacitus' greatest work | The Annales |
| Which work of Tacitus covers the years 69-96? | The Histories |
| Which work of Tacitus covers most of the Julio-Claudian emperors? | The Annales |
| Who composed the Dialogue De Oratoribus? | Tacitus |
| Which historian was married to Agricola's daughter? | Tacitus |
| Who wrote "Germania"? | Tacitus |
| Who gave Tacitus the first hand account of Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79? | Pliny the Younger |
| Who wrote the "Agricola"? | Tacitus |
| Tacitus' Agricola is mainly concerned with fighting in which region? | Britain |
| Who wrote the Bellum Judaicum? | Josephus |
| Which work of Joseiphus is a defense of Jews against anti-Semites? | Contra/In Apionem |
| Which work of Josephus is a history of the Jews from Adam to the Jewish Revolt of 66? | Antiquitates Iudaicae |
| Which Roman commander did Josephus predict would become an emperor? | Vespasian |
| Who called Josephus the "Greek Livy"? | St. Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus) |
| Who is called the "Latin father of the Church"? | Eusebius Hieronymus (St. Jerome) |
| What is St. Jerome's Latin name? | Eusebius Hieronymus |
| Who is responsible for the creation of the "Vulgate" translation of the bible? | Eusebius Hieronymus (St. Jerome) |
| What is the name of St. Jerome's work consisting of 135 biographies of Christain writers? | De Viris Illustribus |
| After what historian did St. Jerome pattern his "De Viris Illustribus"? | Suetonius |
| Which work of St. Jerome's is about Christian historical events of the mid 4th century? | The Chronicle |
| What is the longest surviving poem in Latin? | The Punica |
| What is Silius Italicus' greatest work? | The Punica |
| Who the the author of the Punica | Silius Italicus |
| Who were Silius Italicus' models for the Punica? | Virgil and Lucan |
| Who said of the Punica that is was written "with more diligence than inspiration"? | Pliny the Younger |
| How many books in Silius Italicus' "Punica"? | 17 |
| Who is credited with the the creation of "elocutio novella" or New Speech? | Fronto |
| What future emperor did Fronto tutor? | Marcus Aurelius |
| What is Fronto most famous for? | oratory and developing New Speech |
| Who wrote Noctes Atticae? | Aulus Gellius |
| Which Latin work is considered the 3rd Roman novel? | Noctes Atticae |
| How many books in the Noctes Atticae? | 20 |
| Who is known as the "Christian Juvenal"? | Tertullian |
| What is Tertullian's greatest work? | the Apologeticus (Apology) |
| Which Christian writer wrote De Pallio? | Tertullian |
| Who wrote "The Meditations"? | Marcus Aurelius |
| What work is Marcus Aurelius famous for? | The Meditations |
| Which Roman emperor is famous for a work about his Stoic musings? | Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations |
| Which famous orator served as the tutor for Marcus Aurelius? | Fronto |
| What is the name of the writing style which was a reaction against the Silver Age style? | elocution novella or new speech |
