Packet F: Tossup 19

As Enesidaon, this deity received offerings at the shrine of Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, at her cult center of Amnisos in Crete. This deity fathered a daughter whose name was unknown to the uninitiated with a bereaved (-5[2])goddess who later dressed in black. (-5[4])In Pylos, this chief deity (10[1])of the city served as the consort (10[1])and counterpart (10[1])to the nature deity Potnia, who served as its wannasa. (-5[1])Despoina, an aspect (-5[1])of Persephone, (-5[1])was born to Demeter and this (-5[1])deity, (10[5])whose (10[2])Mycenaean (10[3]-5[1])association (10[1])with the underworld (10[2])predated (10[2]-5[1])Hades’s (10[3]-5[1])existence. (10[8]-5[3])It’s (10[1])not Kronos, (10[1]-5[1])but the telkhines (10[2]-5[1])crafted a magical weapon (10[1])for this (10[1])father (10[1])of Arion, (10[3])whose chariot (-5[1])was (10[1])drawn (10[1])by hippocampi. (10[4]-5[1])Ajax the Lesser (10[1]-5[2])clung (10[1])to a rock (-5[1])that was split in two by this god, echoing his role as the “earth-shaker.” (10[11]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name this father (10[2])of horses, (10[2])the god of the (10[1])sea. (10[2]) (10[16])■END■

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