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Temples dedicated to Ehecatl (“eh-heh-COT-ul”), a god of this domain, are round with large conical roofs. A goddess promised a god of this domain the nymph Deiopea (10[2])(“day-oh-PAY-uh”) as a wife (10[1])at the start of one epic. (-5[1])According to Homer, (10[1])a god of this domain (10[1])fathered the talking horse (10[1])Xanthus (-5[13])(“ZANTH-us”). In (-5[1])order (-5[2])to (-5[1])secure (-5[2])these phenomena (-5[1])at (-5[1])Aulis, (10[1])Iphigenia (10[2]-5[1])(“IH-phih-jen-EE-uh”) was (10[1])sacrificed (10[1])by (10[3])Agamemnon (10[16])(“ag-uh-MEM-nahn”). Notus (10[1]-5[3])and Eurus (10[3]-5[2])(“YOU-rus”) ruled (10[1])over these phenomena, (10[4]-5[1])a bag of (10[1])which (10[2])was (10[1])given (10[2])to (10[4])Odysseus. (10[13])The (10[2])Argonauts (10[3])Zetes (10[2])(“ZEE-tees”) and (10[1])Calaïs (“kah-LAY-iss”) were the sons of a god (10[1])of these (10[1])phenomena, Boreas (10[2])(“BOH-ree-us”). In The (10[1])Birth of Venus, Aura (10[1])is carried by a god of these phenomena, (10[1])Zephyrus. (10[2])For 10 points, Aeolus (10[2])(“AI-oh-lus”) was a god of what weather phenomena (10[1])harnessed by Greek (10[1])sailboats? (10[1])■END■ (10[11])

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