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This figure embodies charity by avenging the heroic addressee of The Epistle of Othea. Pyrrhus cuts off this figure’s arm in Benoît de Sainte-Maure’s (“bun-WAH duh sant-MOR’s”) Romance and Guido delle Colonne’s (“GWEE-doh DEL-lay ko-LOAN-nay’s”) History. This figure foolishly trusts Athena’s false dream, in which Ares promises glory, and begins a leopardlike aristeia that rouses Tisiphone’s (-5[1])followers to arms (-5[1])until Theano stops them. This figure abruptly arrives at the funeral of the “breaker of horses” in the alleged incipit of the Aethiopis. (-5[2])After committing sororicide while hunting in Book 1 of Quintus’s Posthomerica, this foreign leader of 12 (10[1])warriors (10[1])replaces Hector as Troy’s champion. A (-5[1])Kleist tragedy reverses this bellatrix’s defeat by Achilles, (10[1])whom (-5[1])Thersites (10[1])mocks for lusting after her (10[1])corpse. (10[2])For 10 (10[2])points, (-5[1])Vergil likely modeled Camilla on what sister of Hippolyta and queen of the Amazons? (10[2])■END■ (10[6]0[3])

ANSWER: Penthesilea [or Penthesíleia; or Pantasselle] (The first two lines refer to Christine de Pizan’s Epistle of Othea to Hector, Benoît’s Roman de Troie, and Guido’s Historia destructionis Troiae.)
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2085%0%35%119.06

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew WangIllinoisColumbia A49-5
James McCurleyHarvardJohns Hopkins52-5
Gabrielle ClarkOttawaMcGill75-5
Charles HangWUSTL AChicago B75-5
Todd MaslykMichiganNorth Carolina B9110
Matt JacksonChicago AYale A9210
Raymond WangCornell AChicago D98-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaBerkeley B10610
Liam StarnesChicago CBrown107-5
Lexi TermanRutgersMinnesota B10810
Jim FanNorth Carolina AIndiana11310
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUDuke11410
Matt SchiavonePurdueYale B11410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechWUSTL B11610
Andrew SalijNorthwesternVanderbilt11610
Jared HeWaterlooColumbia B117-5
Megan WangBrownChicago C13110
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AIllinois13110
Rosa XiaCornell BArizona State13210
Jack RadoColumbia BWaterloo1320
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsHarvard13210
Guy IndoranteIowa StateKentucky13210
Joel MilesMinnesota AClaremont Colleges13210
Sam BakerMcGillOttawa13210
Vishal KanigicherlaPennStanford13210
Michal GerasimiukStanfordPenn1320
Robert CondronChicago BWUSTL A1320