Round 6: 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 to the nature deity Potnia, who served as its wannasa. Despoina, an aspect (-5[1])of Persephone, was born to Demeter and this deity, whose (10[1])Mycenaean association with the underworld predated Hades’s existence. It’s not Kronos, but the telkhines crafted a magical weapon for this father of Arion, whose chariot (-5[1])was drawn by hippocampi. (10[1])Ajax the Lesser clung (10[1])to a rock that was split in two by this god, echoing his role as the “earth-shaker.” For 10 points, name this father of horses, the god of the sea. ■END■

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