Question
During a race, one of these two characters slips in the blood of a sacrificed bull and trips another runner to allow the other to win. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two lovers who are killed while leading a night raid in Book IX of the Aeneid.
ANSWER: Nisus AND Euryalus (“yur-RYE-uh-luss”)
[10e] Euryalus attracts the attention of Turnus’s men during the raid after looting one of these objects. Hades was the original owner of one of these objects that granted invisibility and was given to Perseus.
ANSWER: helmets [or helms; accept caps or hats]
[10m] During the raid, Nisus beheads a leader with this name. A man with this name lost an augury contest when he counted six fewer birds than his opponent.
ANSWER: Remus
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