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Packet L: Bonus 18

Before he rants about how leopards are simply tattooed horse foals, Pseudo-Oppian remarks on how this phenomenon’s personification was the progenitor of the tigers. For 10 points each:
[10m] The Roman god Favonius personifies what phenomenon, which brought death via discus to Hyacinthus? In another tale, the sisters of Psyche call out for this phenomenon, only to plunge to their deaths after leaping off a cliff.
ANSWER: west wind [or westerly wind; accept Zephyrus or Zéphuros; prompt on wind or breeze]
[10e] Philostratus the Elder repeatedly notes that Zephyrus sings with these animals as they ride with the Erotes and during Phaethon’s fall. Clytemnestra and Helen are born from eggs laid from the union of Leda with this animal.
ANSWER: swans [accept cygnus or cycnus or kyknos]
[10h] Balius and Xanthes, the twin horses of Achilles, were born to Zephyrus and one of these creatures. Iris was associated with these creatures, some of which were fended off by the two sons of Boreas in one text.
ANSWER: harpy [or harpies]
<KT, Mythology> | Packet L - Harvard A, McGill A, Arizona State A, Georgia Tech B, Toronto D, Georgia Tech D

HeardPPBE %M %H %
3116.1397%42%23%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
VCULiberty A010010E
VirginiaWilliam and Mary10101030MEH
Virginia Tech BVirginia Tech A1010020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Great LakesMain Site✓420.00100%50%50%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓320.00100%67%33%
MidwestMain Site✓610.0083%17%0%
NortheastMain Site✓220.00100%0%100%
SoutheastMain Site✓516.00100%40%20%
UKMain Site✓615.00100%50%0%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓518.00100%60%20%