Iliad Certamen Set

Who killed 11 of Neleus' sons

Heracles

Seer/prophet, Thestor's son

Calchas

Chryseis real name

Astynome

Who restrains Achilles from killing Agamemnon

Athena

Who were sent to bring back Briseis

Talthybius and Eurybates

Where was Zeus at the beginning of the epic

Feasting with Aethiopians (for 12 days)

Oileus' son, greatest spear-thrower, lead Locrians

Ajax the lesser

From Salamis

Ajax the greater (Telamonian Ajax)

Diomedes' charioteer, Epigoni (son of Capaneus, part of 7 against Thebes)

Sthenelus

Son of Andraemon, from Aetolia, volunteered to fight Hector

Thoas

Idomeneus' half bro, grandson of Deucalion

Meriones

Heracles' son, from Thodes

Tlepolemus

Where did they capture Briseis from

Lyrnessus

Where did they capture Chryseis from

Moesia

Who replaced Protesilaus

Podarces

Marooned on Lemnos, replaced by Medon (Oileus' bastard son)

Philoctetes

Best team of horses on Greek side, bred by Apollo

Eumelus' mares

Alternate pair negotiating for Helen's return (besides Menelaus and Odysseus)

Acamas (also name of Aeneas' companion) and Diomedes

"Priam's loveliest daughter"

Laodice

Who saves Paris from Menelaus

Aphrodite

Diomedes' father, part of 7 against Thebes

Tydeus

1st kill at battle

Antilochus killed Echepolus

Diomedes vs Pandarus and Aeneas

Spears Pandarus, hits Aeneas with boulder. Aeneas is saved by Aphrodite, who is hit by Diomedes.

Tlepolemus vs. Sarpedon

Killed each other w/ spears

Diomedes and Glaucus

Grandfathers were friends, so they traded armor and swore friendship. Glaucus was kinda dumb tho ngl, traded gold armor for bronze

Who was Patroclus' father

Menoetius

First Trojan to attack gate (defended by Polypoetes and Leonteus)

Asius

To which river did Achilles leave a lock of hair

Sphercus

Who hit Patroclus first

Euphorbus

Whom did Athena pretend to be to urge Hector to fight Achilles

Deiphobus

Patroclus' funeral games: who won chariot race

Diomedes (Antilochus Nestor's son pisses off Menelaus by cutting him off in the lane lol)

Who won boxing

Epeus (knocked out Euryalus)

Who won wrestling

Odysseus and Ajax tie

Who won footrace

Odysseus (prayed, Athena tripped up Oilean Ajax)

Who won fight

Diomedes

Who won discus throwing

Polypoetes

Who won archery

Meriones (beat Teucer bc Teucer didn't pray to Apollo)

Marauding through the night

Odysseus and Diomedes caught Eumedes, then killed Rhesus w/ 12 companions and took his horses. Hippocoon first discovered the carnage.

Which two rivers did Achilles fight

Xanthus (Scamander) and Simois

Hector's adviser, whom he ignores and thus gets his army butchered

Polydamas