Round 1: Tossup 6

Description acceptable. In death, a former member of this group became a daimon dubbed the “Hero of Temesa” who demanded annual maiden sacrifices until a lovesick Euthymus of Locri put an end to him. A member of this group hailing from Neritus retells the tale of Picus’ transformation and his encounter with the cannibal king, Antiphates (“ann-TIFF-uh-teez”), in the Metamorphoses. In the Aeneid, Anchises (“an-KYE-seez”) comforts a terrified member of this group who had been abandoned on Mt. Etna’s shores. Achamenides and Polites were two members of this group, which was pelted by boulders thrown by the Laestrygonians (10[1]-5[1])(“less-strih-GO-nee-ins”). A storm sent by Zeus slaughters the remaining members of this group after they consume the cattle of Helios. For 10 points, Scylla kills six members of what group (10[1])during a return voyage to Ithaca? ■END■

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