Question
Hecale swears to sacrifice to Zeus if a hero successfully completes his quest to slay this figure, who terrorizes Marathon. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this snow-white progenitor of the half-human Asterius, and the subject of Heracles’s seventh labor. The death of Minos’s son Androgeus at the hands of this figure sparks a devastating war lost by Athens.
ANSWER: Cretan Bull [or Tauros Kretaios or Kres Tauros or Taurus Cretaeum; prompt on the Marathonian Bull; prompt on Taurus or bull]
[10e] The Cretan Bull is slain by this Greek hero, who later slays the bull’s son, the Minotaur, with the help of Ariadne.
ANSWER: Theseus
[10m] Acusilias identifies the Cretan Bull with the bull sent by Zeus to kidnap this Phoenician princess and mother of Minos.
ANSWER: Europa
<Kevin Thomas, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology> ~23645~ <Editor: Kevin Thomas>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 17.22 | 97% | 61% | 14% |