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During the funeral games of Patroclus, a man from this region won an archery contest after he invoked Apollo when his opponent did not. A disguised Odysseus lies to Athena, Eumaeus, and Penelope that he is from this region. Paris 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 the first living thing he saw upon returning. Another king of this region won a battle against the king of Megara by tricking his daughter Scylla into cutting (10[1])a purple lock of his hair. The murder of that King’s son, Androgeus, led Athens to send a yearly (-5[1])tribute of fourteen people to this island, (10[3])which was led during the Trojan War by Idomeneus. For 10 points, name this island ruled by Minos that held a labyrinth (10[1])underneath Knossos. ■END■ (10[1])

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