Question
The poet Quintus Ennius found this poetic meter outdated, saying that “fauns and soothsayers” chanted in it. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this early Latin poetic meter, perhaps of native Italic origin, that Gnaeus Naevius (“g’NYE-us NYE-wee-us”) used to write the epic Bellum Punicum. Scholars argue whether it is quantitative or accentual.
ANSWER: Saturnian meter [or Saturnian verse; or Saturnians]
[10e] Livius Andronicus used Saturnians for Latin’s first real literary work, a translation of this Greek epic poem that he began “tell me of the clever man.” Emily Wilson’s translation instead calls this epic’s hero a “complicated man.”
ANSWER: Odyssey [accept Odusia; accept Odyssia]
[10m] This poet called the Saturnian meter “horrid” and said his schoolmaster Orbilius beat pupils for not learning Andronicus properly. This poet used the uncommon Sapphic meter for his Carmen Saeculare (“CAR-men sigh-cue-LAH-reh”).
ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Ohio State A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago A | Florida A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | Cornell B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Duke A | WUSTL A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | WUSTL B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Indiana A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Illinois A | Virginia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| McGill A | Iowa State A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota B | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | MIT A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern A | Minnesota A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | Yale B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rutgers A | South Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford A | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Toronto A | Chicago C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |