Briseïs

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Trojan War character character in Greek mythology mythological figure

Briseïs is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the captive woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel in Homer's Iliad.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Briseida	2
Briseis	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Trojan War character ⓘ character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Briseis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippodameia NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ later classical literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Patroclus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedFrom	Lyrnessus NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfConflict	quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon ⓘ
causeOfEvent	Achilles’ withdrawal from battle ⓘ
createdBy	Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
describedAs	captive woman of Achilles ⓘ war prize of Achilles ⓘ
enslavedBy	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Lyrnessian NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyKilledBy	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
husband	Mynes NERFINISHED ⓘ
husbandKilledBy	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later depictions of captive women in war literature ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryRole	catalyst for plot development in the Iliad ⓘ
mentionedInBook	Iliad Book 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad Book 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad Book 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mourns	Patroclus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being the woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel ⓘ
portrayedIn	modern films about the Trojan War ⓘ various modern novels ⓘ
statusInNarrative	concubine ⓘ slave ⓘ
takenBy	Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociated	honor ⓘ status of women in war ⓘ wrath of Achilles ⓘ

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

Briseis (traditional association) → nameVariant → Briseïs ⓘ

subject surface form: Briseis

Heroides → mainCharacter → Briseïs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseis

Criseyde → basedOn → Briseïs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseida

Cressida → basedOn → Briseïs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseis

Cressida → nameVariant → Briseïs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Briseida