Round 9: Tossup 15

As a child, this god was watched over by the Dactyls, who were born from fingers dug into the earth and were the attendants of this god’s mother. This god was fed honey during his childhood with the daughters of Melliseus, either from bees or a goat. The Kouretes (-5[1])beat their shields to hide (15[1])the sound of this god (15[2])(*) crying (10[1])in a cave on Mount Ida. This god’s mother saved him from being swallowed by his father by replacing him with a rock. The (10[1])Cyclopes constructed a weapon of this god, which he used to defeat his father Cronus. For 10 points, name this Greek god of thunder and the sky. ■END■

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