In the Thebaid, Statius explicitly writes that the outcome of one of these events foreshadows that Adrastus will be the only survivor of the Seven Against Thebes.
In the Thebaid, Statius explicitly writes that the outcome of one of these events foreshadows that Adrastus will be the only survivor of the Seven Against Thebes. A participant in one of these events mentions a king named Echetus who kills everyone who comes near him and recounts the story of how Eurytion's drunkenness led to the war between the Lapiths and Centaurs in an unsuccessful attempt to dissuade a bystander from becoming involved. The participants in that one of these events make use of a huge ball of lard brought by the goatherd Melanthius. In the Aeneid, an omen likened to a shooting star occurs during one of these events, a7ter which Aeneas gives an engraved bowl to Acestes. At the funeral games of Patroclus, Meriones defeats Teucer in this event. For 10 points, name this type of contest that Odysseus wins immediately before slaughtering the suitors of Penelope.
In the Thebaid, Statius explicitly writes that the outcome of one of these events foreshadows that Adrastus will be the only survivor of the Seven Against Thebes.
archery contests [prompt on funeral games or marriage contests]