Aristotle claimed that when a snake bit this person, he bit the snake back and killed it. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this person whose improbable escapades include convincing a bull not to eat fava beans. This vegetarian philosopher came up with a tuning system by listening to the sounds of blacksmiths’ hammers.
ANSWER: Pythagoras of Samos
[10h] Herodotus recounts stories of this charlatan, a slave of Pythagoras turned Thracian “god” whose cult was established amongst the Getae after he faked his resurrection using an underground chamber. Protochronists celebrate Mircea Eliade’s analysis of this god as a monotheistic figure.
ANSWER: Zalmoxis [or Salmoxis, Zalmoxes, Zamolxis, Zamolxes, Zamolxe, or Samolxis; accept Gebeleizis]
[10m] Pythagoras convinced Abaris the Hyperborean that he was Apollo incarnate by showing off a golden one of these body parts. Pseudo-Apolladorus describes Typhon’s body as a writhing mass of vipers starting from this part down.
ANSWER: thighs [accept groin; accept testicles or common euphemisms; prompt on a leg]
<Henry Atkins, Beliefs>