Nero once had a prisoner executed by re-enacting this figure’s death, which backfired when he fell next to his imperial couch. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this son of Daedalus who fell to his death when the sun’s heat melted the wax of his wings.
ANSWER: Icarus
[10m] Martial records that Laureolus suffered the fate of this Titan, except that a Caledonian bear was substituted for a vulture. This Titan gave a sacrifice of bones wrapped in fat.
ANSWER: Prometheus
[10h] Tertullian mentions an execution re-enacting the gruesome fate of Attis, the lover of this goddess. Depending on versions, Zeus, Artemis, or this goddess turn Atalanta and Hippomenes into lions.
ANSWER: Cybele
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