Question

Description acceptable. An object gained during this event is buried on the road to Elaeus. At the beginning of this event, a figure shoots fiery arrows into a location named for Danaus’s daughter Amymone (“ah-me-mah-nee”). Due to a woman’s jealousy of Iole (“AI-oh-lee”), a substance (0[1])that was acquired (0[1])during this event was given by that woman to her husband, (0[1])causing him to self-immolate. (20[1]0[1])Hera sent a (0[1])(*) crab to distract (10[1])one (0[1])figure in this event. (10[5]0[2])Arrows (10[2]0[1])dipped in poison acquired (10[1]0[1])during this event (10[1]0[1])are used (10[1])to defeat Geryon (0[1])and the Stymphalian (10[1])birds. (0[1])It doesn’t (0[1])involve (0[1])stable (10[1])cleaning, but King Eurystheus (0[1])(“yoo-rees-thee-us”) declared (0[1])this event to be invalid since Iolaus (“AI-oh-loss”) helped by cauterizing (10[1]0[1])a monster’s maimed body. (10[1])For 10 points, name (0[1])or describe (10[1])this event culminating in the death of a monster with regenerating heads. (10[5])■END■ (10[9]0[3])

ANSWER: the killing of the Hydra [accept Heracles’s or Hercules’s Second Labor; accept any answers describing Heracles or Hercules fighting or slaying or beheading the Lernean Hydra; prompt on Heracles’s or Hercules’s Twelve Labors with “Which one?”] (The Hydra resided in the spring of Amymone.)
<Lalit Maharjan, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology&gt; ~24754~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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Arnav LahotiSt. Mark'sBarrington A600
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Mason SeversonNorrisInnovation Academy B630
Pranav AiyarWilliam FremdWoodland6610
Michelle LuoJohns Creek AMira Loma670
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Kaden WuChoate Rosemary HallHeights7110
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DHinsdale Central7110
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Jay LeeCarbondaleMaggie Walker C710
Nathan WuPlymouthTroy710
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CMexico7210
Diane Buffet-MogulMercer CountyRockford Auburn B720
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtHunter AThomas Jefferson A7210
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central AUniversity Lab7610
Eli TaylorWest PointDetroit Catholic Central C760
Monit KarmakerStevenson AWinnebago7910
Matthew LiuChattahoochee AIrvington A790
Dominic AielloDetroit Catholic Central BNorthmont B8110
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BDunbar840
Miles SierraWaukeeNorman8710
Ulden GaoWinston Churchill BJohns Creek B880
Stella BroomeMaggie Walker BHoover B900
Felix SacksLincoln-Way EastInnovation Academy A910
Isaac McCollumHoover BMaggie Walker B9210
Javik HodsonMoberlyJohn Adams B960
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Hayden LeyWashingtonHunter B1070
Maya PanditHunter BWashington10710
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Johnathon Franke GordonStevenson BCincinnati Hills Christian1150
William ThainSaint JosephLake Highland11710
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CWest Point12910
David BertolasiBelvidereElkhorn North12910
Charles HeydtMidtownCarl Sandburg12910
Yashwanth BajjiTroyPlymouth12910
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BMercer County12910
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChattahoochee A13010
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker ACanyon Crest13010
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWinston Churchill B13010
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BNorris1300
Rohan KherBarrington ASt. Mark's13010
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianStevenson B1300
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Adam WilliamsNorthmont AParkway West13010
Omar HamidDunbarThomas Jefferson B13010
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