Question

This deity doubts whether fortune desires the “mixing of peoples,” but assents to a senior goddess’s plan of sending black rain to lead two groups’ leaders to the same cave after a hunt. A celebrated temple to this deity was on Mount Eryx, where a hero’s ships land after favorable winds. This deity commissions a shield whose ekphrasis describes (-5[1])a “triple triumph” and the Battle of Actium. This deity consoles a son by explaining that his city is being destroyed by fire and earthquake (10[1])and bids him to rescue his father, reminding him that his wife Creusa and son Ascanius are still (10[1])alive. This goddess counterbalances Juno and assists the Trojans throughout the Aeneid, as she is the (10[1])mother of Aeneas. For 10 points, Psyche married what goddess’s (-5[1])son Cupid? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Venus [accept Venus Erycina; accept Aphrodite]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia AHaverford58-5
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BJohn Jay8310
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU APenn10110
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsVassar11710
William Groger (UG)Columbia BRowan127-5
Audrey Cho (DII)HaverfordColumbia A13010
Ashish KumbhardareRowanColumbia B13010