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- Briseis (/braɪˈsiːɪs/; Ancient Gr****: Βρισηίς, romanized: Brīsēís, lit. 'daughter of Briseus', pronounced [briːsɛːís]), also known as Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια...
- Look up Briseis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Briseis was a princess in Gr**** mythology. Briseis may also refer to: Briséïs, 1897 opera by Emmanuel...
- of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Briseis, after the princess Briseis in Gr**** mythology: HMS Briseis (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop...
- Agamemnon to retreat. He gives Briseis to the Gr**** soldiers for their amu****t, but Achilles saves her. Later that night, Briseis sneaks into Achilles' quarters...
- Trojan woman Briseis as a war prize to save her from Agamemnon. However, out of sensitivity, Achilles largely avoids interacting with Briseis directly because...
- Briséïs or Les amants de Corinthe (Briséïs, or the Lovers of Corinth) is an operatic drame lyrique by Emmanuel Chabrier with libretto by Catulle Mendès...
- cities (such as Pedasus and Lyrnessus, where the Gr****s capture the queen Briseis) and killed Tenes, a son of Apollo, as well as Priam's son Troilus in the...
- women including Briseis, the childless wife of king Mynes. When the women are handed out to the leaders of the Gr**** raiders, Briseis, as beautiful and...
- Catocala briseis, the Briseis underwing or ribbed underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards...
- to return Chryseis to her father but decides to take Achilles's slave, Briseis, as compensation. Viewing Agamemnon's decision as a huge dishonour in front...