Round 5: 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 goddess who later dressed in black. In Pylos, this chief deity of the city served as the consort and counterpart (10[1])to the nature deity Potnia, who served as its wannasa. Despoina, an aspect of Persephone, was born to Demeter and this (-5[1])deity, whose Mycenaean association with the underworld predated Hades’s existence. (10[1])It’s not Kronos, (10[1])but the telkhines crafted a magical weapon for this father of Arion, whose chariot was drawn (10[1])by hippocampi. (10[1])Ajax the Lesser clung to a rock that was split in two by this god, echoing his role as the “earth-shaker.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this father of horses, (10[2])the god of the sea. ■END■

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