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 (-5[1])of this city. A princess from this city was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles after her father failed (-5[2])to follow (15[1])through on a promise. The infant (*) Astyanax was thrown and killed by Neoptolemus (10[1])after (10[1])the fall of this city’s citadel. Poseidon and Apollo built the walls of this city while serving Laomedon. A chariot was used to drag the corpse of Hector around this city’s walls. A wooden horse devised (10[1])by Odysseus led to the destruction of, for 10 points, what city besieged in the Iliad? ■END■ (10[1])

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