Round 9: Tossup 3

A king asks for this character’s pity for putting his lips to the hands of the man who killed his son. A man dubbed a “tamer of horses” reminds this “swift-footed” (-5[1])character (0[1])of his (15[1])future death at the Scaean (-5[2])Gates. A muse is told to sing of this character’s “rage” at the beginning of (15[1])a poem in which a (15[1])lengthy ekphrasis (15[1])depicts him receiving a shield decorated with (*) constellations. This character’s lover “could recognize him by touch alone” in a “Song” titled for him by Madeline Miller. This hero avenges the death of his companion Patroclus by dragging Hector’s body around the walls of Troy. For 10 points, what Greek hero in Homer’s Iliad was vulnerable at his heel? ■END■

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