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A woman with this occupation names Vergil’s birthplace, Mantua. To avoid being speared in the back, one man with this occupation was swallowed by the earth. Eriphyle (-5[3])(“air-IH-phuh-lee”) convinced that man, Amphiaräus (-5[1])(“AM-fee-uh-RAY-us”), to fight against Thebes. (-5[2])After losing a contest to Mopsus, (-5[1])another man with this occupation, Calchas (-5[1])(“KAL-kuhs”), died of shame. (10[4]-5[2])Another man (10[1])with this occupation (10[1]-5[1])told Creon (10[1])to bury (-5[1])Polynices (10[2]-5[2])and told (10[1])Oedipus (10[2]-5[1])that he (-5[2])killed (10[1])his (10[2])father. (10[18]-5[5])Hera (10[6])blinded (10[3]-5[2])that (10[2])man (10[4])with this (10[3])occupation (10[5]-5[2])after (10[3])he said (10[1]-5[1])that (10[1])women enjoy (-5[1])sex (10[3])better (10[1])and, in another story, changed him into a woman after he hit two snakes (10[1])with a stick. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])give this occupation of Tiresias (“tye-REE-see-us”), who (-5[1])was able to see (10[1])the (10[1])future. (10[3])■END■ (10[38]0[4])

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