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According to Pseudo-Eratosthenes, a planet named after this deity was also called Phaethon. Roman soldiers sacrificed their enemies’ weapons to a wife of this deity named Lua. A son of this deity was betrothed to Canens causing Circe to turn him into a woodpecker out of jealousy. This deity was the first ruler of Latium, who then passed it on to his son Picus. A holiday dedicated to this deity was the only occasion for wearing colorful dinner clothes called synthesis in public. That festival honoring this deity featured widespread gambling (10[1])and enslaved people switching places with their masters. (10[1])The best-known wife of this deity was Ops. For 10 points, what Roman deity who ate his son Jupiter was syncretized with the Greek Kronos? ■END■

ANSWER: Saturn [or Saturnus; accept Saturnalia; prompt on Kronos or Cronus until read by asking “who was his Roman counterpart?”]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
California2025-02-013100%0%84.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-016100%17%104.33
Midwest2025-02-016100%33%91.00
Northeast2025-02-015100%40%96.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-012100%0%93.50
South Central2025-02-012100%0%94.00
Southeast2025-02-011100%100%124.00
UK2025-02-015100%20%102.00
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01888%25%87.14