Briseis

A dedication to the Theai hagnai epèkooi (the holy, listening goddesses) by a Sagalassian woman called Briseis, who is also known as priestess of Cybele from an inscription found in the southern part of the Sagalassian territory, could be completed.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Epigraphical Studies Report 1 2003

Minor characters such as Briseis get to tell their own stories and the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon is given an ingenious interpretation, all in a convincing Late Bronze Age setting.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

Minor characters such as Briseis get to tell their own stories and the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon is given an ingenious interpretation, all in a convincing Late Bronze Age setting.

Five favourite historical novels Carla 2006

The quarrel between Achilles and the rest of the Greeks starts with a dispute over who gets to keep the captive women Briseis and Chryseis.

March Books 17) The Iliad, by Homer nwhyte 2009

Sarah Palin had a hard-on for Lisa Murkowski over some personal slight so ancient and trivial it makes Achilles 'snit fit about Briseis look like good government.

Chris Kelly: Bristol Palin Dances, Pregnant, on Lisa Murkowski's Grave 2010

After all, the Illiad starts with Achilles and Agamemnon arguing on whose got first dibs on raping Briseis, a very young girl who saw these thugs killing her family before dragging her away for their later pleasure.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Important New Translation of the Iliad: 2009

Homeric men fight over many different things, but virtually all of the major disputes center on rights to women - not only the famous conflict over Helen, but also over the slave girls Briseis and Chryseis, Odysseus's wife Penelope, and all the nameless women of common Trojan men.

Interesting Assessment of Ancient Greek Tales Jan 2008

Achilles refused to fight further and went off to sulk over the arbitrary confiscation of Briseis, a girl captured from Achilles by the king, Agamemnon.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Briseis was taken from Achilles to compensate Agamemnon for the loss of his own prize, Chryseis.

The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008

Homeric men fight over many different things, but virtually all of the major disputes center on rights to women - not only the famous conflict over Helen, but also over the slave girls Briseis and Chryseis, Odysseus's wife Penelope, and all the nameless women of common Trojan men.

Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008