Round 9: Tossup 10

This poet wrote “what is more fortunate than released worries” in a poem that describes his homecoming to his family villa in Sirmio. This poet told “Venuses and Cupids” to mourn in a eulogy to a dead sparrow. In a frequently censored poem, this man threatens to sexually assault (10[1])Furius and Aurelius. This poet asked his lover to give him “a thousand kisses, (10[1])then a hundred,” in a poem that begins (10[1])“let us live…and let us love.” This poet wrote “I don’t know…why…I hate and I love” in a poem to his lover. In an elegy to his brother, this man wrote ave atque vale, (-5[1])or “hail and farewell.” For 10 points, what Latin poet wrote many works (-5[1])addressed to Lesbia? ■END■ (10[1]0[6])

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