Achilles is Usually the Answer

Sorry all the questions ended up being about Achilles, but this week at Hour 25 that is the way the conversation flowed and ebbed, even though the topics varied

Usually in classical discussions it at always gets back to Nestor's advice on winning a chariot race which of course had nothing to do with winning a chariot race!

Created by: William Moulton of Hour 25
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  1. Homer described the Myrmidon's leader as having a shaggy (λασίοισι) chest at Iliad 1.189. Which Achaean hero we talking about here?
  2. King Priam of Troy travels to his camp and kisses the "murderous hand" that slayed so many of his sons. Which Achaean hero we talking about here?
  3. Which of the following heroes definitely did NOT fling down Astyanax, son of Hector from the ramparts of Troy?
  4. Geryon, son of Chrysaor, was a triple-bodied monster. Who was his mother ?
  5. Thetis is to Achilles, as Queen Althaea is to the hero Meleager. What relation is Althaea in Meleager?
  6. Patroklos is right-hand man, best friend and therapōn to which Achaean?
  7. "Charioteer Peleus was not your father nor Thetis your mother, but the gray sea bore you and the sheer cliffs begot you," Iliad 16:30-34 Who was the sharp-tongued speaker referring to?
  8. Then Patroklos, from one side, leapt from his chariot, hitting the ground. Patroklos picks up a rock and throws it at Kebriones, the charioteer of Hector, hitting Kebriones on the forehead and smashing his skull Then Hector, from the other side, leapt from his chariot, hitting the ground. Patroklos and Hector proceed to fight one-on-one in mortal combat on foot"”a combat that is won here by whom?
  9. a sea-girt island, where is the center of the sea, a wooded island, and the goddess dwells in a house, the daughter of destructive-minded Atlas. Who is she?
  10. Far-shooter is epithet of which Olympian God?

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