Briseis (traditional association)

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Trojan War character character in Greek mythology female figure in mythology mythological figure

Briseis (traditional association) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the captive woman whose dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon helps trigger the central conflict in Homer's Iliad.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Briseis	2
Briseis (traditional association) canonical	1

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Trojan War character ⓘ character in Greek mythology ⓘ female figure in mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn	Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad
associatedWith	Achilles ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Greeks at Troy ⓘ Patroclus ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Trojan War ⓘ
capturedBy	Achilles ⓘ
causeOf	Achilles’ withdrawal from battle ⓘ quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon ⓘ
createdBy	Homer ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
emotionExpressed	grief for Patroclus ⓘ
enslavedBy	Achilles ⓘ
ethnicity	Lyrnessian ⓘ
familyKilledBy	Achilles ⓘ
genre	epic poetry character ⓘ
hometown	Lyrnessus ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryFunction	catalyst for the plot of the Iliad ⓘ
nameVariant	Briseïs ⓘ Hippodameia ⓘ
notableFor	being the captive woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel ⓘ
roleInWork	captive woman ⓘ war prize ⓘ
sourceText	Homeric epic tradition ⓘ
spouse	Mynes ⓘ
spouseStatus	widow of Mynes ⓘ
statusInNarrative	concubine of Achilles ⓘ
takenBy	Agamemnon ⓘ
takenFrom	Achilles ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth	mythic age of heroes ⓘ
traditionalAssociation	central to the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon in the Iliad ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achilles → spouseOrLover → Briseis (traditional association) ⓘ

Trojan War → hasParticipant → Briseis (traditional association) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseis

Agamemnon → objectTaken → Briseis (traditional association) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseis