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1. During the Trojan War, I was the most valiant fighter on the Trojan side. After killing Patroclus, I was myself killed by the champion of the Greeks, Achilles. Who am I?
2. When I saw the breadth of my empire, I wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. Born in Macedon, I inherited the throne at the age of 20 after my father was assassinated. I went on to conquer the Persian Empire, Egypt and even got as far as India before I died under suspicious circumstances. Who am I?
3. The last of the three good pagans, I came after Hector and Alexander chronologically and won great military victories for the Roman Republic. Like both of my peers I died an unnatural death, stabbed to death in the senate. Who am I?
4. I took charge of the Israelites after Moses died on the long road to Canaan - a land which, incidentally, I conquered for the chosen people. The first of the three good Jews, who am I?
5. I earned my place among the Nine Worthies because of my great martial skill, evidenced even when I was a mere lad. However, I also had Bathsheba's husband murdered so I could marry her, proving that you can be a snake in the sack and still be thought great as long as you are successful in war. Who am I?
6. I'm probably the least famous of the three good Jews that make up the Nine Worthies, and yet it's my success as leader of the Jewish forces during the revolt against the Seleucid Empire that Hanukkah celebrates - thanks to my brilliance, we took Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. Who am I?
7. Now we come to the final trio of worthies, the three good Christians. I'm the most mythical of the bunch, pulling my first sword from a stone, getting my second one from a lake and eventually dying at the hands of my own son. Who am I?
8. King of the Franks they used to call me. Before I became the first Holy Roman Emperor that is. I'm also sometimes known as the Father of Europe - does that help you guess who I am?
9. Last (and probably also least) of all, I'm not as worshiped today as my fellow Nine Worthies. But when the concept was created, I was a shining star in the Christian heavens; the man who breached the walls of Jerusalem and brought the First Crusade to a successful conclusion. Who am I?
10. Now you've met the men Medieval Europe deemed most admirable. However, there is one fictional Spaniard who thought himself nobler than any of them, proving his valor by tilting at windmills. Can you name the eponymous hero who says he is greater than "all the Nine Worthies, since my achievements surpass all that they have done all together and each of them on his own account"?
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