Question

A bolt of lightning marked the spot of this deity’s new temple on the Palatine, which honored his intercession at Naulochus. A ruler’s impious impersonation of this deity’s “Tormentor” aspect at a debaucherous banquet led to the cry that “the gods had eaten all the grain.” It’s not Zeus, but a serpentine mark manifested itself upon one woman’s body after this god impregnated her as a snake while she slept. Suetonius relates that this god’s symbol emerged from the womb of (*) Atia in a dream experienced by her husband, Gaius Octavius. Games at Nicopolis were reestablished to honor this deity’s aid at Actium by his purported (-5[1])son, Emperor Augustus. A consul (10[1])vowed to construct a temple to this god’s “Medicus” aspect during a plague. For 10 points, Roman (10[1])kings were known to consult what god’s Oracle at Delphi? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Apollo [accept Phoebus Apollo; accept Apollo the Tormentor; accept Apollo Medicus]
<KT, Ancient History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemCambridge ALSE A105-5
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonImperial A11010
Rachel BenthamCambridge BWarwick C12710
Robert BallantyneBristolLSE B13710
Andre WongLSE ACambridge A13810
Adsayan GaneshWarwick BWarwick A13810

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