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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 son” (10[1])while meeting with this (-5[1])figure, (10[1])who is sometimes depicted with two horns. (10[2])Plutarch claims that since Artemis was attending to this ruler’s birth, (-5[1])her temple at Ephesus burnt down on the same day. An object connecting an ox to a tree was cut in half by this ruler. (10[1])For 10 points, the Gordian Knot (10[1])was severed (10[1])by (10[1])what Macedonian conqueror of the Achaemenid (10[1])Empire? ■END■ (10[1])

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