Packet D: Bonus 4
Peculiarly, this mortal woman’s name may derive from the same root as the Proto-Indo-European deity *Dʰéǵʰōm (“day-gome”), from whom we also get the earth goddesses Gaia and Prithvi. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this woman who gains the name Thyone after she is rescued from the underworld by her “twice-born” son. In one legend, she becomes pregnant after her lover gives her his torn-up heart to drink.
ANSWER: Semele [or Stimula] (The son is Dionysus.)
[10m] Some linguists believe the name Semele may originate from the language of this non-Phrygian region. Notable kings from this region include Tereus, the husband of Procne, and Diomedes.
ANSWER: Thrace [or Thracia; or Thrakē]
[10e] Pausanias relates another tale of Semele and Dionysus that sees them set adrift in a chest in a manner akin to that of Danae and this son of hers. This early Greek hero rescued Andromeda from Cetus.
ANSWER: Perseus
<UBC B, Mythology> | Packet D - UBC B, Oxford A, Waterloo B, CWRU A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 15.22 | 97% | 38% | 17% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| California (South) | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 12.22 | 89% | 22% | 11% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 11% | 11% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 17.14 | 100% | 29% | 43% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |