Question
For 10 points each, answer the following about Greek myths regarding people who drink bull’s blood.
[10e] Possibly based on an historical king of Phrygia, this man killed himself by drinking bull’s blood. Dionysus gave this man the ability to turn anything he touched gold.
ANSWER: Midas
[10m] According to Apollodorus, this man’s father Aeson killed himself in prison by drinking bull’s blood. This man frightened his uncle Pelias by coming back to Iolcus wearing one sandal.
ANSWER: Jason
[10h] One ancient writer recounts how, in an offering to Poseidon, priests in this region would drink a clot of blood from a sacrificed bull. That text also lists 10 kings of this region who were children of the autochthonous Evenor.
ANSWER: Atlantis (The text is Plato’s Critias.)
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
Data
| Michigan B | Chicago A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago B | SIUE B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL | Chicago C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan A | Missouri | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago D | Ohio State A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue C | Ohio State C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State B | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Purdue B | SIUE A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |