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For nine days, this man’s father orders his men to send timber for his funeral (-5[1])pyre, where he lays on the tenth day. This man’s (15[1])infant son cried (-5[1])after looking at his plumed helmet. (15[1])This man slew Protesilaus, the (15[3])first hero to die in the Trojan (10[2])war. (10[1]-5[1])Neoptolemus (0[1])murdered this man’s father on the Altar of Zeus (15[2])and threw his son, Astyanax, over (10[1])the (10[1])walls of Troy. This man’s corpse was dragged around by a (15[1])(*) chariot (10[1]-5[2])after (10[1])he was slain (10[1])in a duel. After killing (-5[1])Patroclus, this husband of Andromache was chased around the walls of Troy by his eventual killer, Achilles. For 10 points, name this son of Priam who was the greatest Trojan (10[1])warrior. ■END■ (10[3])

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