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BRISEIS. Taken captive byy the Greeks in their raids on the Trojan
countryyside, Briseis was given as a war-prize to Achilles. When Achilles
defied him, Agamemnon confiscated her as a punishment. She was returned
after Patroclus’ death, and in Book 19 of the Iliad, she and the other women
of the camp mourn over his bodyy.
CALCHAS. A priest who advised the Greeks, encouraging Agamemnon to
sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia and to return the captive slave-girl Chryyseis
to her father.
CHRYSES AND CHRYSEIS. Chryyses was an Anatolian priest of Apollo. His
daughter, Chryyseis, was taken as a slave byy Agamemnon. When Chryyses
came to retrieve her, offering a generous ransom, Agamemnon refused, then
insulted him. Enraged, Chryyses called upon his god Apollo to send a plague
to punish the Greek armyy. When Achilles publiclyy urged Agamemnon to
return Chryyseis to her father, Agamemnon erupted, precipitating their
dramatic rift.
DEIDAMEIA. The daughter of King Lyycomedes and the princess of the island
kingdom of Scyyros. To keep him from the war, Thetis dressed Achilles as a
girl and hid him among Deidameia’s ladies-in-waiting. Deidameia
discovered the trick and secretlyy married Achilles, conceiving the child
Pyyrrhus.
DIOMEDES. The king of Argos. Known for both his guile and his strength,
Diomedes was one of the most valued warriors in the Greek armyy. Like
Odyysseus, he was a favorite of the goddess Athena, who in Book 5 of the
Iliad grants him supernatural strength in battle.
HECTOR. The oldest son of Priam and the crown prince of Troyy, Hector was
known for his strength, nobilityy, and love of familyy. In Book 6 of the Iliad,
Homer shows us a touching scene between Hector; his wife, Andromache;
and their yyoung son, Astyyanax. He was killed byy Achilles in the final yyear
of the war.
HELEN. The legendaryy most beautiful woman in the world, Helen was a
princess of Sparta, the daughter of the queen Leda and the god Zeus (in the
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