Packet L: Tossup 18

During the funeral games of Patroclus, a man from this region won an archery contest after he invoked Apollo (10[1])when his opponent did not. A disguised Odysseus lies to Athena, Eumaeus, and Penelope that he is from this (10[1])region. (10[1])Paris (10[1])abducted Helen while Menelaus was attending a funeral in this region. The gods set a plague upon this region after a king promised Poseidon that he would sacrifice (10[1])the first (10[1])living (10[1])thing (10[1])he (10[1])saw upon (-5[1])returning. (10[4]-5[1])Another (-5[1])king of this region won a battle against the king of Megara by tricking his daughter Scylla (10[1])into cutting (10[1])a purple lock of his hair. (-5[1])The murder of that King’s son, (10[2])Androgeus, led Athens (10[1])to send a yearly (-5[2])tribute (10[1])of (10[1])fourteen (-5[1])people (10[1])to this (10[1])island, (10[4])which (10[1])was led (-5[2])during the Trojan (10[2])War (10[1])by (10[2])Idomeneus. For 10 points, name this island ruled by Minos (10[1])that held a labyrinth (10[1])underneath Knossos. (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

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