In one portion of this event, a man is given the hide of an African lion whose claws have been gilded with gold.
In one portion of this event, a man is given the hide of an African lion whose claws have been gilded with gold. Before this event begins, a character pours two bowls of wine, two bowls of fresh milk, and two bowls of hallowed blood and scatters crimson petals, which causes a huge shining snake to auspiciously appear from an altar. Gyas angrily throws Menoetes into the sea during a part of this event that also sees Sergestus run aground. During one part of this event, a man is given a Thracian mixing bowl when he shoots an arrow and it blazes like a shooting star. A man named Entellus wins a bull and then dashes its brains out with a single blow during this event. Nisus slips on some blood and manure during a foot race in this event, which occurs in the realm of King Acestes. For 10 points, name this event described in Book V of the Aeneid, in which Aeneas honors the death of his father with a variety of athletic contests.
In one portion of this event, a man is given the hide of an African lion whose claws have been gilded with gold.
funeral games of Anchises [prompt on "Book V of the Aeneid" until it is read]