Question

A man with this job is hauled before a king on heresy charges, where he launches into a warning about girdle-wearing followers of Typhon being defeated by the god Agathos Daimon. Suntrobus, Smaragus, and three other daimones plagued ancient Greeks with this job. This job names an ex eventu oracle text in the tradition of The Admonition of Ipuwer from Hellenistic Egypt. This job’s main tool (15[1])was installed at the Temple of Esna in an annual festival (-5[1])accompanied by a hymn to a god also invoked on the (*) Famine Stela. A former quarter for people with this job was home to the Sacred Gate used during the procession (10[1])to Eleusis, as well as ancient Athens’s main cemetery. A god performed this (10[1])job (10[1])to create people, (-5[1])whom his frog goddess (-5[1])consort (10[2])Heqet then gave the breath (-5[1])of life, (10[1])at his home on Elephantine Island. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, the Nile god Khnum (10[1])was often depicted using what (10[1])job’s “kick” wheels? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: potters [accept Oracle of the Potter or Potter’s Oracle; accept Daimones Keramikoi or Kerameikos; prompt on artists or craftsmen]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%7%33%135.20

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerBHSU Bsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone6515
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A76-5
Jason HongThe Jeam Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything10710
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Dyatlov Passement incident12010
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence12110
Chris RayWe Need New NamesPunished "Venom" BHSU124-5
Conor ThompsonGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago128-5
Charles HangLes MissourablesNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)12910
Amogh KulkarniAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see12910
Azura Gollamudivar merchantsFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!134-5
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUWe Need New Names13610
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyMindgoblin of Little Hobbes142-5
Gareth ThorlaksonThe Empire Bikes Backit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown14210
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team14410
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREgenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet14910
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretThe Oldest Men in the World15410
Nikhil DesaiFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!var merchants15810
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer15810
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little HobbesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy15810
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: ANJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)15810