Round 6: Tossup 4

In different versions of one story, a queen from this city is turned into a dog for either avenging her son or snarling after becoming a slave. A king of this city received divine horses as compensation for Zeus abducting the prince of (15[1])this (15[1])city. A princess from this city (15[1])was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles after her (-5[1])father failed to follow through on a promise. The infant (*) Astyanax was thrown (10[1])and killed by Neoptolemus after the fall of this city’s citadel. (10[1])Poseidon and Apollo built the walls of this city while serving Laomedon. A chariot (-5[1])was used to drag the corpse of Hector around this city’s walls. (10[1])A wooden horse devised by Odysseus led to the destruction of, for 10 points, what city besieged in the Iliad? ■END■ (10[2])

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