Question
An oversized baby set adrift in the Adriatic exemplifies the human sacrifice used to stave off this man’s actions. For 10 points each:
[10h] The Aeneid references what man through the invocation “rise up from my bones, avenging spirit!” This man swore that he’d never be a friend to one city while holding his hand over a fire during a sacrifice to Ba’al.
ANSWER: Hannibal Barca [or Hannibal Barca]
[10e] Hannibal’s rise is prophesied during the self-immolation of this Carthaginian queen, Aeneas’s former lover.
ANSWER: Dido
[10m] Following Hannibal’s victory at Cannae and the discovery of unchaste vestal virgins, four foreigners were buried alive on the advice of prophetic texts gifted to Tarquin the Proud by the Cumaean one of these people.
ANSWER: sibyl [accept Cumaean sibyl; accept the Sibylline Books]
<Kevin Thomas, RMP - Greco-Roman Mythology> ~22631~ <Editor: Kevin Thomas>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 21.39 | 100% | 78% | 36% |