Minyades - 2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest

Question

The first of these figures to be mentioned by name, Alcithoë, tells the story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus in Book 4 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these figures who are turned into bats for their refusal to acknowledge Bacchus as the son of Jupiter.

ANSWER: Minyades [or daughters of Minyas]

[10m] The Minyades decide to tell stories while performing this activity instead of attending the festival celebrating Bacchus. A woman tries to hang herself when she is beaten on the head by Minerva after a contest in this activity.

ANSWER: weaving

[10e] Leucónoë, one of the Minyades, tells the story of Leucothoë and Clytië as part of a tale she refers to as “Loves of [a god of this domain],” who she claims spies on Mars and Venus. Phaethon is killed by a thunderbolt while riding the chariot of his father, Helios, who rules this domain.

ANSWER: the sun [accept sun gods]

<SM, Mythology>

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	8	16.25	88%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	21.11	100%	100%	11%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	6	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	18.75	100%	88%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%

Data


Alberta	Washington Connections	10	10	20
UW A	Arizona State University A	10	10	20
Carleton	SD Mines	0	10	10
UW B	Arizona State University B	10	10	20