Briseis

The woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon fight at Troy.

Genealogy

Briseus

Group

Trojan War

Places
  1. Lyrnessus
  2. Troy
Events
  1. Achilles conquers Lyrnessus
  2. Achilles takes Briseis prisoner
  3. Achilles instructs Patroclus to hand over Briseis to Agamemnon’s messengers
  4. Achilles recovers Briseis
  5. Seven Achaeans retrieve Briseis and the gifts from Agamemnon’s tent to give to Achilles
  6. Briseis cries over Patroclus’ dead body
  7. The women in the Greek camp join in Briseis’ lament
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.7
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 185
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 275
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 295
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 320
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 335
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 345
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 390
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 375
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 685
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 96
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 115
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 266
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 620
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 46
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 67
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 54
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 154
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 238
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 249
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 266
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 282
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 671
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 24.11
Back
to Top