Question
In Greek mythology, this country is named for the brother of Danaus who tried to convince the fifty daughters of Danaus to marry his fifty sons. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this modern-day country. One god from this country, Thoth, was syncretized with Hermes to form Hermes Trismegistus.
ANSWER: Egypt [accept Aegyptus]
[10m] This figure, sometimes identified with Isis, ended up in Egypt after being chased by a gadfly sent by Hera. This figure was the mother of Epaphus, the founder of Memphis.
ANSWER: Io
[10h] This scholar debated Mary Lefkowitz over his claims that Greek myths, such as the tale of Danaus, preserve the memory of Egypt’s cultural influence on Greece, a claim he set out in his book Black Athena.
ANSWER: Martin Bernal
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Mythology>
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