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In Lucian's True Story, the crew sails from the Isle of Dreams to bring this character a mournful letter written by an inhabitant of the Island of the Blessed. In an oft-painted scene from a François Fénelon novel, this character hushes a group of nymphs as the novel's young hero recounts his adventures alongside Mentor. This ■END■ (-5[1])

ANSWER: Calypso
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 56-5
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers93-5
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha10710
Stefan Vladas rational as the square root of two power bottomsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country12210
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange12310
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up She Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere14610
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit14710

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%100%147.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y5100%0%40%129.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y683%0%67%128.80
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%67%128.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%33%122.00