Round 7: 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[1])goddess who later dressed in black. (-5[1])In Pylos, this chief deity of the city served as the consort and counterpart to the nature deity Potnia, who served as its wannasa. (-5[1])Despoina, an aspect of Persephone, was born to Demeter and this deity, (10[1])whose Mycenaean association with the underworld (10[1])predated Hades’s existence. (10[2]-5[1])It’s not Kronos, but the telkhines crafted a magical weapon for this father of Arion, whose chariot was drawn by hippocampi. (10[1])Ajax the Lesser clung to a rock (-5[1])that was split in two by this god, echoing his role as the “earth-shaker.” (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this father of horses, the god of the sea. (10[1]) (10[5])■END■

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