Question

According to Pausanias, Spartans sacrificed these creatures to the god Enyalius. Demeter (15[1])gave indigestion to a man who stole one of these creatures from a temple on Crete. After finding the dead Athenian Icarius, one of these creatures belonging to Erigone killed itself by jumping off of a cliff. (15[1])Zeus (15[1])crushed Tantalus with Mount Sipylus after his friend Pandareus (15[1])stole one of these creatures that was (*) golden. (-5[1])One of these creatures that was given to Europa and passed down to Procris (-5[1])later turned to stone along with the Teumessian Fox. A frenzy (10[1])struck (-5[1])a group of these creatures in the valley of Gargaphia, causing them to kill their owner Actaeon after he saw Artemis bathing. For 10 points, name these creatures, one of which belonging to the hunter Orion is named Sirius. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: dogs [accept hounds or puppies or equivalents] (The other dogs clued were Maera and Laelaps.)
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Matt SchiavonePurdue BOhio State C1115
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Mitchell IndekMichigan BPurdue C66-5
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Shourjo GanguliOhio State ASIUE A9110
Max HodesChicago DChicago A92-5
Reilly MelvillePurdue CMichigan B13110
Robert CondronChicago AChicago D13210
Jay KimChicago COhio State B13210