According to Helenus, Troy would not fall so long as this object remained within its walls. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this wooden statue, created by Athena after the death of its namesake warrior. This statue is said to have fallen from the sky in answer to a prayer from Ilus, the founder of Troy.
ANSWER: Palladium [or Palladion; reject “Pallas”]
[10m] Helenus knew about the Palladium due to his gift of prophecy, an ability he shared with this woman, his twin sister. After rejecting Apollo’s advances, this woman was cursed for no one to ever believe her prophecies.
ANSWER: Cassandra
[10e] This man kidnapped Helenus and stole the Palladium along with Diomedes. This general’s ten year journey home to Ithaca was the subject of a Homeric epic poem set after the Iliad.
ANSWER: Odysseus
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