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

ANSWER: Hector
<Mythology - Mythology>
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