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What did Agamemnon have to give Chryses for Apollo to stop killing the Achaeans?
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He had to give him his daughter Chryseis back.
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Why did Apollo listen to Chryses?
why did apollo listen to chryses
What agamemnon take to appease Apollo?
his hard boner.
Who took the blame for killing the cyclops?
Apollo killed the Cyclopes.
What Greek myths did the Greek god Apollo appear in?
Apollo gets angry that Orion is hunting with his sister Artemis and later tricks her into killing Orion. Orion is then hung in the stars.
Why did Achilles go into a sulk and refuse to fight during the Trojan war?
Agamemnon, principal chief of the gathered Greeks (as he was king of Mycenae and all of Achaea) took a woman named Chryseis as a slave. Her father, a priest of Apollo, praed for her return, so Apollo sent a plague among the Greeks. The prophet, Calchas, after being sworn protection by Achilles, told Agamemnon that Chryseis needed to be returned to end the plague. Agamemnon agreed, but also declared that Achilles' slave, Briseis be brought to him as a replacement. Achilles, raging over the dishonor (and because he loves Briseis), prays to his mother, Thetis, for Zeus to help the Trojans gain the upper hand.
Why did Apollo listen to Chryses?
why did apollo listen to chryses
Who is chryseis?
Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses a priest of Apollo, she was captured by Agamemnon as a war-prize and was his slave and lover until Agamemnon had to give her up because Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for insulting his priest and not ransoming her to her father once she was claimed by him.
What were Chryseis' responsibilities?
Chryseis was in the Trojan war a slave and lover of Agamemnon who was later freed when Agamemnon was forced to give her up when Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for not ransoming her at the request of her father Chryses. Her son by Agamemnon she named for her father.
Why does Chryses pray to Apollo?
Chryses is a priest of Apollo, a man who worshiped the aspects of that god more significantly then any other of the Greek gods.
Who send the plague to the greek camp at the beginning of the iliad because chryses daughther was not returned?
It was Apollo that sent the plague to the Greek camp. Apollo was a god and Chryses prayed to him to get his daughter back.
Why does the God Apolllo bring a plauge upon the Greek warriors at Troy?
During the siege of Troy (and shortly before the start of the Iliad story) Agamemnon (commander in chief of the Greek expeditionary force) captures a young Trojan woman called Chryseis and takes her back to his camp as a slave and concubine. Chryseis is the daughter of the Trojan priest of Apollon, Chryses. Chryses comes to Agamemnon and asks to ransom his daughter. Agamemnon refuses to allow Chryseis to be ransomed. Apollo is infuriated at the insult offered to his priest, and sends a plague against the Greek ships.
Does the greek church have priests?
Yes they did... however the priests of Greek mythology probably differed from the priests of todays christianity. in christianity they teach to pray and ask God for things whereas in ancient Greece the preists where probably trying to sacrafice animals to the Gods to keep them happy. evidence of priests are littered everywhere however such as Chryses who during the Trogan war prayed to the Gods. A man called Agamemnon took Chryses' daughter Chryseis from Moesia as a war prize and when Chryses attempted to ransom her, refused to return her. Chryses prayed to Apollo, and he, in order to defend the honor of his priest, sent a plague sweeping through the Greek armies, and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it.
How does Apollo punish the Greeks?
He sends a plague that killed many Achaeans.
Which god was outraged over agamemon's seizure of chryseis?
Apollo for the sake of his priest at Chryse; Chryses.
Why does Agamemnon say he doesn't want to give Chryseis back?
At first because Agamemnon refused to ransom Chryseis to her father Chryses (a priest of Apollo); later he was forced to because of a plague Apollo had sent upon the Greek army for the treatment of his priest.
What agamemnon take to appease Apollo?
his hard boner.
Who is responsible for the fight between Agamemnon and Achilles?
Apollo is.
