Question

In one play, a character goes to this man’s house and exasperates him by requesting a beggar’s outfit and some vegetables. In a different play, this man pleads for someone to spy on his behalf on a gathering of his own female characters. Because the “iron-clamped mace” in this man’s verse is lighter than the “two chariots and two corpses” in his alphabetically prior opponent’s verse, a literal (*) scale in a third play tips in his opponent’s favor. One play invents this man’s fictional relative Mnesilochus, with (10[1])whom he crashes the women-only Thesmophoria festival. (10[2])This author (-5[1])died a year before the first performance (-5[1])of another author’s play in which Dionysus judges this man’s plays to be inferior to those of Aeschylus. For 10 points, Aristophanes’ comedies like The Frogs lampoon what Greek tragedian of Medea? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Euripides [the play in the first line is The Acharnians.]
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustBroken Hearts8610
Conrad Freidson10 Negs that Shook the QuizEdinburgh9310
Ali IzzatdustFour Neg OmeletteYes, Moderator9310
Andrew FrazerOld London TownScottish, Irish, Both or Neither95-5
Brendan BethlehemTabearnacleFoucault's Penndulum102-5
Michael KohnFoucault's PenndulumTabearnacle13410
Claire JonesScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherOld London Town13510

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%14%104.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%33%110.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%40%108.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%75%120.25
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y1100%0%0%84.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%67%102.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%135.00