Question
George Rawlinson re-read Strabo’s claim that these people required that men must have at least five wives as a misinterpretation of a limit on the size of their harems. For 10 points each:
[10m] Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg quipped that what people’s short-lived empire “exists for us because Herodotus said it did,” referencing the historian’s questionable accounts of kings like Deioces and Astyages?
ANSWER: Medes [or Medians; or Medoi; or Medi; accept Medo-Persians; reject Persians]
[10e] Herodotus reported that one of these phenomena interrupted a battle of Medes and Lydians near the Halys River; modern scholars dispute whether that event of this kind was accurately predicted by the philosopher Thales.
ANSWER: the Eclipse of Thales [accept either solar eclipse or lunar eclipse; accept Battle of the Eclipse]
[10h] This physician may have written his Persica to correct Herodotus’ misinformation. While Herodotus’s account tells of India’s gold-digging ants, this author’s Indica tells of its gold-hoarding griffins.
ANSWER: Ctesias of Cnidus
<History - Ancient History>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| UBC | Thompson et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |