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In a play by this author, a king is convinced to crossdress in order to spy on a group of women who had used their thyrsi to draw milk and honey from the ground. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of a play in which a woman believes she has ripped a mountain lion to pieces, but realizes it was actually her son. Another of his plays ends as the title character flees on a divine chariot pulled by dragons.
ANSWER: Euripides (The plays are The Bacchae and Medea.)
[10e] The title women of Euripides’s The Bacchae comprise this homogeneous group of performers. Ancient Greek plays often include this group of characters, who speak as one to provide information or comment on the action.
ANSWER: Greek chorus [or chorós]
[10h] The war between Polyneices and Eteocles prevents a group of pilgrims from making it to Delphi in this other Euripides play, whose title also refers to its chorus.
ANSWER: The Phoenician Women [or Phoinissai]
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Oxford BBristol B1010020
Cambridge BManchester1010020
Durham ASouthampton B010010
Cambridge CImperial A010010
Warwick BLSE A1010020
BirminghamLSE B010010
Oxford ACambridge D10101030
Cambridge ASouthampton A1010020
Southampton ADurham A010010
Bristol AVanderbilt010010
Warwick ADurham B1010020