Question

The Homeric Hymn to Apollo uses the name of this figure to refer to the western shore of the Aegean Sea. It’s not Aphrodite, but Lucian of Samosata proposed this figure was the form of Astarte as the full moon citing this figure’s worship in a temple in Sidon. A region named after this figure was distinguished from Libya and a region named after an Oceanid. Asterion married this woman and two of this woman’s sons became (*) judges of the underworld. Herodotus theorized that a historical basis for this woman’s myth (-5[1])was a Greek act of revenge against Phoenicians for the abduction of Io. (-5[1])Though originally from Tyre, this mythological woman (10[1])gave birth to Minos (-5[1])after arriving at Crete. (-5[1])For 10 points, Zeus took the form of a cow (10[1])to abduct what woman (10[1])who names a continent that includes Greece (10[1])and Italy? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Europa
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonLSE B90-5
Charlie LowmanImperial BImperial A103-5
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick C11010
Andre WongLSE ABristol114-5
Rachel BenthamCambridge BWarwick B118-5
Kevin FlanaganBristolLSE A12810
Adsayan GaneshWarwick BCambridge B13210
Rahim DinaImperial AImperial B13910
Cormac BeirneLSE BSouthampton14210

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