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A-Z: General definitions: Chryseis
Definition
Daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, taken by the Greeks and given to Agamemnon as a concubine. When Chryseis was taken away from Agamemnon, he took Briseis from Achilles, and so set the scene for many deaths.Related Topics
AchillesGod of prophecy, music, the arts, medicine and archery.
King of Mycenae, son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus and husband of Clytemnestra.
Achilles' concubine during the Trojan War, the loss of whom led to many deaths.
Son of Peleus and Thetis; he was the mainstay of the Greeks at Troy but in the tenth year of the war he was killed by Paris' arrow; the wrath of Achilles, when he withdrew from the fighting around Troy because of a quarrel with Agamemnon, is the subj
