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Question

After he was tried for failing to capture this city, one monarch explained that because he had really captured a nearby forest of the same name, he had fulfilled an oracle’s prophecy. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this city that was the origin and namesake of the Macedonian royal family. This city engaged in the Battle of the Champions with its longtime rival, Sparta.

ANSWER: Argos [accept Argead dynasty]

[10h] A king of this name was put on trial for failing to capture Argos and later commanded Sparta during the Peloponnesian War. A king of this name, who names a war between Sparta and the Achaean League, was exiled after the Battle of Sellasia.

ANSWER: Cleomenes [accept Cleomenes I or Cleomenes III; accept Cleomenean War]

[10e] Part of the impetus for the invasion of Argos was accusations of collaboration with this empire. This empire was led by emperors like Darius I and Xerxes I during its invasions of Greece.

ANSWER: First Persian Empire [or Achaemenid Empire]

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Canada	Main	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	11	12.73	100%	18%	9%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	5	10.00	100%	0%	0%
North	Main	Y	9	13.33	100%	22%	11%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	12.86	100%	14%	14%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	15.00	100%	36%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%

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Berkeley A	Berkeley B	0	0	10	10
Berkeley E	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Stanford C	Berkeley C	0	0	10	10
Berkeley F	UCSC	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCI	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	0	0	10	10
UCLA B	Claremont Pitzer	10	0	10	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCLA C	0	0	10	10
USC	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
UCSB	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto K	0	0	10	10
Waterloo	Toronto D	0	0	10	10
Guelph A	Western Ontario	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Guelph B	0	10	10	20
Toronto A	McGill B	10	0	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Ottawa	0	0	10	10
McGill C	Queen's B	10	0	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
Toronto I	Queen's A	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Stanford B	Berkeley D	0	0	10	10
UF D	Melbourne A	0	0	10	10
UF B	UCF A	10	0	10	20
FIU	UF A	0	0	10	10
UCF B	UF E	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
MSU B	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
Pitt A	MSU A	0	0	10	10
OSU A	OSU B	0	0	10	10
OSU D	OSU C	0	0	10	10
Pitt C	CWRU D	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
Tusculum	South Carolina B	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
Virginia A	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
NC State	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
George Mason A	Catholic University	0	0	10	10
Georgetown B	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
VCU A	Johns Hopkins A	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	0	0	10	10
Maryland C	Georgetown A	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Penn A	0	0	10	10
NYU B	Maryland D	10	0	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	Penn B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Lehigh B	10	0	10	20
Columbia B	Swarthmore A	0	0	10	10
Princeton A	Columbia C	0	0	10	10
Rowan A	Lehigh A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
WashU B	Missouri A	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
William Woods	WashU C	0	0	10	10
Truman State	WashU D	0	0	10	10
UAB A	Alabama A	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech B	Alabama B	0	0	10	10
Mississippi State A	Auburn A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Georgia Tech A	0	0	10	10
Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Birmingham A	Imperial A	0	0	10	10
Bristol A	Cambridge C	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	City St George's A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge B	Durham A	0	0	10	10
Durham B	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Edinburgh A	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Manchester A	LSE A	0	10	10	20
Manchester B	Bristol B	10	10	10	30
Oxford A	Southampton A	10	0	10	20
Sheffield B	Oxford B	0	0	10	10
Lancaster A	Sheffield C	10	0	10	20
Warwick A	Sheffield A	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Cornell-DII	RIT B	0	0	10	10
Binghamton B	Syracuse	0	0	10	10