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In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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Pausanias claims that one member of this profession, an Euboean son of Crius,  is the source of an alternative tradition for the name of Pythos. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Demeter pretends to be Dosos, a person wronged by people in this profession. According to Apollodorus, a mistaken belief that Catreus was one of these people led his son Althaemenes to unknowingly slay him. Its not swineherding, but Eumaeus was in Sidon when these people took him to (*) Ithaca. One person demanded the right to sing one last song from some of these people and ended up being rescued from them by the dolphins that he attracted; that man was Arion. Dionysus turned some Tyrrhenian people in this profession into dolphins after using vines to fill up their boat. For 10 points, name these people who often appear in children's stories making their captives walk the plank.
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Social Science


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One character in this novel receives news of her brother's death from her father while he uses a lathe. This novel's protagonist develops a friendship with Platon Karataev, a peasant he meets in a prisoner of war camp. Another character, Nikolai, is led to financial ruin after(*) losing 40,000 roubles to Dolokov. Andrei Bolkonski is wounded in battle following the end of his engagement to Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with the novel's protagonist. For 10 points, name this gargantuan Leo Tolstoy novel about Pierre Bezukhov set during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Literature


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In ancient times it was called Nevo and the route from the Varangians to the Greeks passed through it. Cities such as Korela and Oreshek were later founded on its shores and the Konevsky and Valaamsky monasteries can be found on islands within it. The Vuoska and Volkho rivers are two of the over 30 rivers that drain into it, while the Neva is its major outlet. Part of the Volga-Baltic water route from the river Svir, it is located in the Karelia region, northeast of St. Petersburg. FTP, identify this body of water, St. Petersburg's lifeline during World War II and the largest lake in Europe.
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Social Science