Question

In this city, the architect Philon built an important skeuotheke (“skoi-oh-TAY-kay”) in its district of Zea. In this city, a torch-race on horseback featured in a raucous night-time festival that honored the Thracian moon goddess Bendis. (-5[1])This city’s hill of Munychia was taken in a night-raid by a group of men (10[1])buoyed by a recent win at the fort of Phyle (“foo-LAY”). This city’s agora was named for the Milesian city-planner who designed its grid-system, Hippodamus. (10[1]-5[1])The wealthy metic Cephalus owned a house in this city that was the setting (10[1])of Plato’s Republic, which begins “I went down yesterday to (10[1])[this city].” (10[3])This city, (10[1])which largely supplanted Phaleron in its primary purpose, acted (10[1])as Thrasybulus’s base in his resistance to the (10[1])oligarchy (10[1])of the Thirty Tyrants. This city (10[1])was connected to its inland (10[1])neighbor (10[2])by the Long (10[1])Walls. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[2])name this city that served as the primary port (10[1])of Athens. (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Piraeus [reject “Athens” or “Athenai”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2496%0%8%116.48

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AYale A34-5
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago B4910
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIllinois A73-5
Jonathan TranCornell ABrown A7310
Matt JacksonChicago AStanford A8710
James StevensonMichigan ARutgers B9710
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ANorthwestern A9910
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BColumbia B9910
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AGeorgia Tech A9910
Caleb KendrickMaryland AOhio State A10110
Conor ThompsonIowa State AGeorgia Tech B11010
Michael MaysImperial AMinnesota B11810
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia AMinnesota A11910
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AJohns Hopkins A12510
Alex SchmidtPenn State ASouth Carolina A13010
Dean Ah NowClaremont ARutgers A13110
Tracy MirkinFlorida ADuke A13110
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ANorth Carolina A13410
Matthew SiffYale BVirginia A13510
Zane KierzykIndiana AChicago C13510
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BPenn A13510
Steven LiuMIT ATexas A13810
Sarod NoriCornell BUC Berkeley A13810
Halle FriedmanNYU AVanderbilt A14710
Justin WytmarIllinois AMcGill A14910
Sean DoyleHouston AUC Berkeley B1500