Detailed Instructions: 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.
Problem:Graves connects this figure with a leader of the Aeolians who conquered part of Argolis from Canaanite settlers of that region. This son of Amythaon got his name after his mother left him lying in the shade as a baby but left his feet in the sun. While being held captive by Phylacus, he demanded to be transferred to another cell to avoid having a beam fall on him, and was able to cure the impotence of Iphiclus after hearing two vultures converse about making a poultice from rust that formed on a sacrificial knife used to geld a ram. This figure, who introduced the cult of Dionysos into Greece, demanded a third of the kingdom of Proetus for himself and a third for his brother Bias in exchange for curing the Argive women of madness, and his descendants formed the next Argive dynasty. Taught prophecy by Apollo on the shores of the river Alpheius, for ten points, identify this seer, who came to understand the language of animals after snakes licked his ears.
Solution:
Social Science