Question
This region’s mystery cult was centered at the sanctuary of Lycosura, where limbs of sacrificial animals were offered to a mysterious goddess. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this region of Greece. Lycaon, a king of this region, was turned into a wolf for serving the flesh of his son Nyctimus to Zeus.
ANSWER: Arcadia [prompt on the Peloponnese]
[10h] The sanctuary at Lycosura was devoted to this Arcadian goddess and her mother Demeter. This goddess, who is sometimes conflated with Persephone, was born after Poseidon mated with Demeter in the form of a horse.
ANSWER: Despoina [or Despoena]
[10e] This better-known Arcadian god, who had the lower body of a goat, created the reed flute after his failed pursuit of the nymph Syrinx.
ANSWER: Pan
Summary
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 83% | 50% |
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
Magisters Ludi | Oxford Hornets | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Broken Imperial Nomads | Buzzers Karamazov | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |