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:In one of Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead, Minos sentences one of these figures named Sostratos to burn in the river Pyriphlegethon. According to a Homeric Hymn, a group these figures from Tyrrhenia included a man who became a priest after his companions were frightened off by the sudden appearance of a bear, a lion, and the (**) thyrsus; that one of these figures was named Acoetes. After defeating the Solymi and the Amazons, Bellerophon was sent by King Iobates to kill one of these figures named Cheirmarrhus. According to a common Greek legend, these figures were responsible for (*) Pythias's late return to save the life of his friend Damon. Dolphins were attracted by the kithara-playing of another figure who'd been inconvenienced by these people. For 10 points, identify these figures from Greek myth who regularly kidnapped people like Arion and Dionysus, as might be expected, given their tendency to engage in seafaring crime.
Solution:
Social Science