The initial entertaining and subsequent banishment of these beings during the Anthesteria lends itself to an Ancient Greek proverb that states “Out of the doors; ye [these beings]; it is no longer the Anthesteria.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these “swift hounds of Hades” which bewitch Talos at Medea’s behest and“haunt the lower air to pounce on men”. These clawed daughters of Nyx personify violent death and drag dying soldiers to the underworld.
ANSWER: keres [accept Carians; prompt on ghosts or spirits]
[10e] The keres were banished on the final day of the Anthesteria where panspermia, a multigrain dish, was offered to Hermes and this son of Semele who wielded the thyrsus.
ANSWER: Dionysus
[10m] The banishment of the keres is similar to the exorcism of shades with black beans during this Roman festival. This festival shares its name with a proposed continent that linked shared fossils between Madagascar and India.
ANSWER: Lemuria
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