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One of the maidens was called Chryseis and the other Briseis.
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926
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One of the maidens was called Chryseis and the other Briseis.
Part I. Chapter XI 1918
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The Greeks, though unsuccessful against Troy, had taken the neighboring and allied cities, and in the division of the spoil a female captive, by name Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, had fallen to the share of Agamemnon.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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The Greeks, though unsuccessful against Troy, had taken the neighboring and allied cities, and in the division of the spoil a female captive, by name Chryseis, daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, had fallen to the share of Agamemnon.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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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
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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
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To assuage the wrath of Apollo, public pressure was brought on Agamemnon to return Chryseis to her father, a priest of Apollo.
The Bass Handbook of Leadership Bernard M. Bass 2008
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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
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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
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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.
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