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 (15[1])or snarling after becoming a slave. A king (15[1])of this city received divine horses as compensation for Zeus abducting the prince of this city. A (15[1])princess from this city was rescued from a sea monster by Heracles (-5[1])after her father failed to follow through on a promise. The infant (*) Astyanax (10[1])was thrown and killed by Neoptolemus after 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 by Odysseus led to the destruction of, for 10 points, what city besieged in the Iliad? ■END■ (10[1])

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