Round 10: Tossup 4

During the chariot race at the funeral games of Patroclus, this god tried to sabotage Diomedes (“dye-oh-MEE-dees”). After stopping Patroclus’ three attempts to scale the walls of Troy, (10[1])this god dislodged Patroclus’ armor, allowing (10[1])Hector to kill him. (10[1])In the first book of the Iliad, Chryses (“CRY-sees”) prays to this god, (10[1])who has the epithet “Phoebus” (“FEE-bus”), to send a plague (10[1])to the (10[1])Greeks. (10[1])After she rejected his (-5[1])advances, Cassandra was cursed by this god to (10[1])never be believed. In a temple to this Olympian god of medicine, Aeneas (“uh-NEE-iss”) was healed by this god’s mother Leto. For 10 points, what Greek god of prophecy and music is the twin brother of Artemis? ■END■ (10[1])

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