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This play inspired a 124-line hexameter poem nicknamed “Barcinonensis,” as it was discovered by a Catalan priest in Barcelona. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this play in which characters continually describe a woman as “alive or dead,” confusing a character who later gets drunk. In this play, Pheres claims that it is the same to die old or to die young in an argument with his son.
ANSWER: Alcestis [or Alkēstis] (by Euripides)
[10m] Two answers required. To introduce her sickness, Alcestis sings these two sections of an ode, while her husband Admetus responds in solemn spoken word. A Greek chorus is traditionally divided into these two mirroring sections, followed by an epode.
ANSWER: strophe AND antistrophe
[10e] This character wrestles with Death to save Alcestis. In the play, this character was on his way to capture the flesh-eating mares of Diomedes.
ANSWER: Heracles [accept Hercules]
<Waterloo, European Literature> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaVirginia0101020ME
BrownVanderbilt001010E
CornellPittsburgh0101020ME
GeorgetownGeorgia Tech A001010E
Georgia Tech CChicago B0101020ME
HarvardChicago A0101020ME
MITColumbia B001010E
Maryland AIndiana001010E
MichiganNorthwestern A001010E
MinnesotaMaryland B001010E
NYU AJohns Hopkins0101020ME
Northwestern BStanford B001010E
Ohio StateTexas001010E
RutgersCambridge0101020ME
Stanford AIllinois B001010E
Toronto BBruin001010E
UC Berkeley AColumbia A0101020ME
UC Berkeley BIllinois A0101020ME
UCFNorth Carolina001010E
UCLAPenn State001010E
Virginia TechPurdue0101020ME
WashUSwarthmore0101020ME

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2214.55100%46%0%