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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 Patroclus’ (10[1])armor, allowing Hector to kill him. In the first book of the Iliad, (10[1])Chryses (“CRY-sees”) prays to this god, who has the epithet “Phoebus” (10[2])(“FEE-bus”), to (10[1])send a plague (-5[1])to (10[1])the (10[1])Greeks. (10[1])After she rejected his advances, Cassandra was (-5[1])cursed by this god to never be believed. In a temple to this (10[1])Olympian god of medicine, Aeneas (“uh-NEE-iss”) was healed by (10[1])this god’s mother Leto. For 10 points, (10[1])what Greek god of prophecy and music is the twin brother of Artemis? ■END■ (10[1])

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