Round 12: 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, this god dislodged (10[1])Patroclus’ armor, allowing Hector to kill him. In the first book of the Iliad, Chryses (10[1])(“CRY-sees”) prays to this god, who has the epithet “Phoebus” (“FEE-bus”), to send a (10[1])plague (10[1])to the Greeks. After she rejected his 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 (10[1])healed by this god’s mother Leto. For 10 points, what Greek god of prophecy and music is the twin brother of Artemis? ■END■

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