Briseis
mythological figure · 4 works · 8 mentions · 15 anchored passages
the daughter of Briseus · Brisēis · fair Briseis · the girl · the girl Briseis
in the texts
Iliad
Achilles' war-prize, taken from him by Agamemnon's heralds, precipitating his withdrawal from the fighting.
since Phoebus Apollo is taking Chryseis from me, I shall send her with my ship and my followers, but I shall come to your tent and take your own prize Briseis, that you may learn how much more prestigious I am than you are, and that another may fear to set himself up as equal or comparable with me.
He brought Briseis from the tent and gave her over to the heralds, who took her with them to the ships of the Achaeans - and the woman was loath to go.
my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who has sent you for the girl Briseis.
Orations
Captive woman taken by Agamemnon from Achilles, cause of their quarrel
"ever since, O scion of Zeus, you went and took the girl Briseis from the tent of the wrathful Achilles, in no way according to my mind.
Briseis, at any rate, appears to love Achilles, and that though she says he killed her husband and her brothers;
Chrestomathy
Woman awarded to Achilles as a prize of honor from the spoils of war.
From the spoils Achilles receives Briseis as his prize of honour, and Agamemnon receives Chryseis.
Law in a Free State
Mythological woman whose abduction is invoked as an example of the gods siding with prevailing sexual custom.
The gods of Olympus sided with the abducer of Brisēis;