Question
In Keeley and Sherrard's translation, these people are said to be "bored by rhetoric and public speaking." For 10 points each:
[10m] A Constantine Cavafy poem is about a city expecting the arrival of what title people, whom the poem calls "a kind of solution"?
ANSWER: barbarians [or barbaroi or barbaros; accept "Waiting for the Barbarians" or "Perimenontas tous Barbarous"]
[10e] Cavafy wrote "Waiting for the Barbarians" in this language. An ancient poem in this language inspired Cavafy's poem "Ithaka."
ANSWER: Greek [or Ellinika or Hellenike; accept Modern Greek or Ancient Greek]
[10h] Another Cavafy poem tells this historical figure "say goodbye to her, to" a city "you are losing." That poem is titled "The God Abandons" this historical figure.
ANSWER: Marc Antony [or Marcus Antonius; accept "The God Abandons Antony" or "The God Forsakes Antony" or "Apoleipein O Theos Antonion"]
<Literature - European Literature - Poetry>
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| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 36 | 18.61 | 100% | 64% | 22% |