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While this group feasts, a spear turns into a tree after an eagle drops it from a great height, marking where one of its members will die. That member of this group, along with his chariot, is swallowed by the earth before Periclymenus can kill him. Athena denies another member of this group an immortality potion (10[1])after seeing him grab a severed head and eat brains. This group’s members (10[1])dip their hands in blood (-5[1])to swear an oath on the hide of a sacrificed bull. The divine horse Arion saves this group’s (10[1])leader and only survivor, as related in an epic by Statius. (10[1])The Epigoni (“eh-PIG-oh-nee”) are sons of this group’s members, including Amphiaraus (10[1])(“am-fee-uh-RAY-us”), Tydeus, and their leader Adrastus. A play by (10[1])Aeschylus (“ESS-kuh-luss”) is named after, for points, what group of warriors who united to (10[1])defeat Eteocles (“ee-TEE-oh-kleez”) and his city? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Seven Against Thebes [or Hepta epi Thēbas; or Septem contra Thebas] (Statius wrote the Thebaid.)
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Omer KeskinOxford AImperial B5510
Eileen PengOxford CDurham A6810
Elliot CosnettOxford BEdinburgh73-5
Ben LaFondCambridge BKCL9110
Conrad FreidsonWarwickBristol10210
Aisling SkeetDurham BSheffield11210
Ian DewanKielCambridge C12010
Sam FooCambridge AImperial A13310
Frances HadleyEdinburghOxford B13910