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In one story, this figure is attacked by a massive three-horned beast called the Odontotyrannos, or “tooth-tyrant.” This figure’s servant Andreas loses a fish while in the Land of Darkness but subsequently discovers the Water of Life. Hoping to breed a race of strong children, the Amazonian queen Thalestris brought 300 women to this figure. According to Plutarch, a priest at a temple mispronounced the Greek for “my (10[1])son” while meeting with this figure, who is sometimes depicted with two horns. Plutarch (10[1])claims that since Artemis was attending to this ruler’s birth, her temple at Ephesus burnt down on the same day. An object connecting an ox to a tree (-5[1])was cut in half by this (10[1])ruler. (10[1])For 10 points, the Gordian Knot (10[1])was severed by what Macedonian (10[1])conqueror of the Achaemenid Empire? ■END■

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