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, this god dislodged Patroclus’ armor, allowing (10[1])Hector to kill him. (10[2])In the first book of the Iliad, Chryses (“CRY-sees”) prays to this god, who has the epithet (10[2])“Phoebus” (“FEE-bus”), to send a plague to the Greeks. (10[2])After she rejected his advances, Cassandra (-5[1])was cursed by this god to 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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