Question

According to Pseudo-Eratosthenes, a planet named after this deity was also called Phaethon. Roman soldiers sacrificed (-5[1])their enemies’ weapons to a wife (-5[1])of this deity named Lua. A son of this (10[1])deity (10[1])was betrothed to Canens causing Circe to turn him into a woodpecker (10[1])out of jealousy. (-5[1])This deity was the first ruler of Latium, who then (-5[1])passed it on to his son Picus. (-5[2])A holiday dedicated to this deity was the only occasion for wearing (10[1])colorful dinner clothes (10[1])called (10[2])synthesis in public. (10[1])That (10[1])festival honoring this deity featured widespread gambling (10[3])and enslaved (10[2]-5[1])people (10[3]-5[1])switching (10[1])places (10[1])with their masters. (10[3])The best-known wife of this deity was Ops. For 10 points, what Roman deity who ate his son Jupiter (10[2])was syncretized (10[1])with the Greek (10[1])Kronos? ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Saturn [or Saturnus; accept Saturnalia; prompt on Kronos or Cronus until read by asking “who was his Roman counterpart?”]
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James McCurleyHarvard BBrown A15-5
Drew ScheinerMissouriIndiana A21-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMissoui S&T3010
Andy YuMaryland APenn B3110
Jon SuhHarvard ABU4310
Annabelle YangWashU AChicago C46-5
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVirginia A56-5
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CBruin A63-5
Saketh DontarajuNYU AGeorge Washington B63-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia CVassar A7510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeMaryland B7810
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AUCLA7910
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BChicago B7910
Kevin ParkClaremont AUCSD8210
Soren HeydariUNC BUNC C8310
Jeffrey AustinUNC DDuke9010
Owen GilroyTexas BASU9010
Nathan ZhangCornell BGeorge Washington A9010
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BClaremont B9210
Jonathan HuangMIT ABrandeis B92-5
Elliott GomesDartmouth ABrandeis A9210
Arjun KalaIllinois BIllinois C9310
Matthew WangUBCUW A9310
Arjun BothraHaverford AYale A93-5
Aum MundheRutgers ANYU B9310
Alan FanUW BAlberta9410
Chris YooWilliam & MaryLiberty C9510
John John GrogerWashU BChicago D9810
Khugan ChanUMass BostonTufts A9810
Karan GurazadaTexas ATAMU9810
Nathan RedfordLiberty ALiberty B11710
Benny ShtutmanSouth CarolinaWake Forest11710
William BrokerHaverford BPenn A11910
Sam KonkelChicago CWashU A12210
Joseph ChambersVirginia AVirginia Tech A12410
Jakob MyersIndiana AMissouri12410
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BMIT A12410
Mason YuBrown AHarvard B12410
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C12410
Jem BurchYale AHaverford A12410