Chryseis

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Chryseis is a figure in Greek mythology, a Trojan woman captured during the Trojan War whose seizure and subsequent return play a key role in the opening conflict of Homer's Iliad.

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Chryseis canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan woman
character in Greek mythology
character in the Iliad
mythological figure
appearsIn Epic Cycle (tradition)
linked to: Epic Cycle

Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad
associatedDeity Apollo
associatedEvent Apollo’s plague on the Achaean camp
associatedPlace Chryse
avengedByDeity Apollo
basedOn oral epic tradition
capturedBy Achaeans
Greeks
capturedByLeader Agamemnon
capturedFrom city near Chryse
capturedIn Trojan War
consequenceOfReturn Agamemnon seizes Briseis
culture Ancient Greek
ethnicOrigin Trojan
father Chryses
fatherOccupation priest of Apollo
firstAttestedIn Homer’s Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad
gender female
genre epic poetry
indirectConsequence Achilles withdraws from battle
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek
laterReception referenced in Roman literature
subject of later classical commentary
literarySource Homer
medium oral tradition
mythRole cause of quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles
nameEtymology patronymic meaning ‘daughter of Chryses’
nameVariant Astynome
narrativeFunction catalyst for the plot of the Iliad
ransomOfferedBy Chryses
ransomRefusedBy Agamemnon
region Troad
requestedBy Chryses
requestedReturnFrom Agamemnon
returnedBy Achaeans
returnedByOrderOf Agamemnon
returnedTo Chryses
returnMotivation to end Apollo’s plague
statusInGreekCamp concubine of Agamemnon
war prize of Agamemnon
timeOfMythicSetting mythic age of heroes
warContext Trojan War

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Referenced by (6)

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

Trojan War hasParticipant Chryseis
Cressida basedOn Chryseis
Philip V of Macedon mother Chryseis
Antigonus III Doson spouse Chryseis
Criseida nameVariantOf Chryseis
Demetrius II Aetolicus spouse Chryseis