Question

This deity doubts whether fortune desires the “mixing of peoples,” but assents to a senior goddess’s plan of sending black rain to lead two groups’ leaders to the same cave after a hunt. A celebrated temple to this deity was on Mount Eryx, (10[1])where a hero’s (10[1])ships land after favorable winds. This deity commissions a shield whose ekphrasis (10[2])describes (-5[1])a “triple (-5[1])triumph” and the Battle of Actium. (10[1])This deity consoles a son by explaining that his city is being destroyed (10[1])by fire (10[1])and earthquake (10[4])and bids him (10[1])to rescue his father, (10[1])reminding him that his wife (10[1]-5[1])Creusa (10[4]-5[1])and son Ascanius (10[1]-5[1])are still (10[1]-5[1])alive. (10[1])This goddess (10[1])counterbalances (10[1])Juno and (-5[1])assists (10[1])the Trojans throughout (10[1])the (10[1])Aeneid, (10[1])as she is the (10[1])mother of Aeneas. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[2])Psyche (10[1])married what goddess’s (-5[1])son Cupid? (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

ANSWER: Venus [accept Venus Erycina; accept Aphrodite]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben LaFondCambridge BOxford A4210
Eliza DeanOxford BCambridge C4510
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonMichigan A5710
Eileen PengOxford CImperial A5710
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AHaverford58-5
Joel MilesMinnesota BArizona State60-5
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)6610
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Maryland C (DII)7910
Jack LewisMTSUGeodesic8110
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CStanford C8310
Mitchell IndekMichigan CMichigan B8310
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BJohn Jay8310
Michael KohnDurham ADurham B8310
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)GWU A (UG)8610
Alexander WyrickTennesseeVanderbilt B9010
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia A (UG)95-5
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateSorbonne9510
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC B (UG)9610
Andrew HarmsMichigan State ATexas A&M B96-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ATexas A9610
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AUBC A9610
Oscar DespardCambridge ABristol9610
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley B99-5
Truman FillbrandtUW ARice A9910
JD KrothIowa StateMinnesota C101-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU APenn10110
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AKentucky10210
Frances HadleyEdinburghKCL10410
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State ACedarville10510
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina107-5
Conrad FreidsonWarwickSheffield10810
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)11110
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BKiel11210
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford B11310
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsVassar11710
Sean JacksonSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech B12010
Emma Zajonc (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia C (UG)12310
Anwitha VempaliIowa BIowa A12310
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)JMU B (UG)12410
William Groger (UG)Columbia BRowan127-5
Keegan WulfMinnesota CIowa State12910
Pranav VeluriBerkeley BStanford A13010
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)UNC C (UG)1300
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Maryland B (UG)13010
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)13010
Jaik HavlickArizona StateMinnesota B13010
Dimitris KalafatisTexas A&M BMichigan State A13010
Ashish KumbhardareRowanColumbia B13010
Audrey Cho (DII)HaverfordColumbia A13010
Davin SivertsonAlabamaHarding13010