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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])living thing he saw upon (-5[1])returning. (10[1])Another (-5[1])king of this region won a battle against the king of Megara by tricking his daughter Scylla into cutting a purple lock of his hair. The murder of that King’s son, Androgeus, led Athens (10[1])to send a yearly tribute of fourteen people to this island, which was led during the Trojan War by (10[1])Idomeneus. For 10 points, name this island ruled by Minos that held a labyrinth underneath Knossos. ■END■ (10[1])

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