Question

After fleeing from Arcadia to an island in this city, Arethusa was transformed into a spring in an attempt to escape Alpheus's pursuits. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city home to the island of Ortygia. A monarch of this city apocryphally invited Damocles to take his place on the throne beneath a sword suspended from string.
ANSWER: Syracuse [or Siracusa or Sarausa or Seragusa or Syrakousai or Syracusae]
[10e] Ortygia was the reputed birthplace of this Greek goddess, whom Leto gave birth to a day earlier than her twin brother Apollo.
ANSWER: Artemis [reject "Diana"]
[10m] Ortygia was legendarily created when this deity's mother Asteria fled from Zeus as a quail. According to Hesiod, Artemis saved Iphigenia ("if-uh-juh-NAI-uh") by transforming her into this torch-carrying triple goddess.
ANSWER: Hecate
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Strake Jesuit BNorthmont1010020

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y120.00100%0%100%