Question

This figure curses another to “fall before his time and lie unburied on the broad sand.” This figure is compared to a “deer struck by an arrow” (0[1])and is courted by Iarbas. (20[1])A goddess (20[1])spreads rumors (20[1])of a (20[1])“huge and horrible monster” (20[1])after a hailstorm causes this figure to shelter (0[1])in a cave with a lover (20[1])while hunting. (20[1]0[3])The phrase (0[1])“Dux femina facti” describes (20[1])this figure, who claimed land by cutting an (20[1])(*) oxhide (10[1])into (10[2])strips (10[4])after (10[1])fleeing from (10[1])her (0[1])brother (10[2])Pygmalion. (10[3])This woman's ghost ignores her lover in the Underworld, and she is advised (0[1])by her sister (0[1])Anna, with whom she flees Tyre to build (10[1])a city in ancient Libya. This woman stabs herself on her funeral pyre (10[1])after her lover leaves to settle a Trojan city in Italy. For 10 points, name this queen of Carthage who appears in Virgil’s Aeneid. (10[3]0[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Dido [or Elissa]
<Yingzhi Nyang, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology&gt; ~24774~ &lt;Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3589%26%0%82.48

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob BartaDetroit Catholic Central ASt. Mark's260
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayJohns Creek A3120
Uma MukhopadhyayChattahoochee ABarrington A3320
Owen ArnesonParkway WestHoover B3520
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BWoodland3720
Ethan BositaSt. Mark'sDetroit Catholic Central A4120
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson AMexico490
Riona DuncanWalter PaytonInnovation Academy A5520
Vien NguyenMaggie Walker ANorris570
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallStevenson A5720
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DStevenson B570
Felix SacksLincoln-Way EastJohn Adams B570
Arjun KalaUniversity LabMira Loma590
Ayan KohliHunter BDetroit Catholic Central C6320
Stella BroomeMaggie Walker BMoberly7120
Huan LinRockford Auburn AMidtown7210
Omar HamidDunbarWinston Churchill B7310
Aarushi KanigicherlaThomas Jefferson CHinsdale Central7310
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BIrvington A7410
Ali HamzehKinkaidSolon7410
Kyan van BeekLake HighlandMaggie Walker C7410
Nathan WuPlymouthTroy7410
Edward KimJohns Creek BNew Brighton7510
Sean LeeChattahoochee BNorthmont A7710
Brodie HenryWest PointCincinnati Hills Christian780
C. SchenkelWashingtonNorman7910
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdRichard Montgomery7910
Matt MokrzyckiCarl SandburgCanyon Crest8010
Camden WilliamsMexicoThomas Jefferson A8010
Brayden FerrellHeightsMercer County8010
Bridget ScrantonNorthmont BBelvidere930
Miles SierraWaukeeInnovation Academy B960
Tanay BodducherlaMira LomaUniversity Lab10410
Ryan DaiCarbondaleJohn Adams A11710
Andy YuWinston Churchill ADallas County14110
Thomas BelcherSaint JosephWinnebago14110
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BHunter A14110
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianWest Point1410
Pete WasserNorrisMaggie Walker A1420
Charlie BorkElkhorn NorthRockford Auburn B14210
David BertolasiBelvidereNorthmont B14210
Ian Droessler WilsonInnovation Academy BWaukee14210