Round 4: Tossup 16

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

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