Question
Herodotus recorded how these peoples’ class of enarai (“en-ARE-ey”) were androgynous shamans affected by impotence as a result of excessive horse-riding. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this nomadic people who dominated the Pontic Steppe during Classical Greece. Under Queen Tomyris, their Massagetae (“mass-uh-GAY-tigh”) subgroup killed Cyrus the Great.
ANSWER: Scythians [accept Scyths or Skythoi or Skolotoi; accept Saka or Sacae or Skuda; accept Saka tigraxaudā; reject “Sarmatians”]
[10m] Androgynous priests known as Galli facilitated the worship of this Roman cult deity. Priests bathed in bull’s blood to honor this mother goddess, whose cult became popular during the Second Punic War.
ANSWER: Cybele (“SIB-uh-lee”) [prompt on Magna Mater]
[10e] Shortly before his exile to the Black Sea, this Roman poet described the androgynous Hermaphroditus in his Metamorphoses.
ANSWER: Ovid [or Publius Ovidius Naso]
<Ganon Evans, History - European - Classical> ~20920~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 35 | 20.00 | 97% | 40% | 63% |