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Why does Chryses pray to Apollo?

Chryses prays to Apollo to seek his help in order to get back his daughter, who has been taken captive by the Greek army led by Agamemnon. Apollo is the god of healing and plagues, and Chryses believes that appealing to the god's power will help secure the safe return of his daughter.


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.


What did Agamemnon have to give Chryses for Apollo to stop killing the Achaeans?

He had to give him his daughter Chryseis back.


When does Apollo send a plague on the Greeks?

Apollo sends a plague on the Greeks during the Trojan War as a punishment for Agamemnon's disrespect towards his priest, Chryses, who sought the return of his daughter, Chryseis. Refusing to return her and insulting Chryses, Agamemnon incurs Apollo's wrath, leading the god to unleash a deadly plague upon the Greek camp. This event is depicted in Homer's "Iliad," highlighting the theme of divine retribution and the consequences of hubris.


Which god was outraged over agamemon's seizure of chryseis?

Apollo was outraged over Agamemnon's seizure of Chryseis in Homer's "Iliad." Apollo sent a plague upon the Greek army to punish Agamemnon for refusing to release Chryseis back to her father, a priest of Apollo.


Who was Chryses daughter?

Chryseis


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 does chryses do to try to get his daughter chryseis back from agamemnon?

Begs Agamemnon, and compares him self to Agamemnon's father.


Who is chryseas in greek mythology?

Did you mean Chryseis? If so she is the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo at Chryse. She was captured by Achilles and sold as slave to Agamemmon. When her father came to ransom her he was repulsed by Agamemmon whereas Apollo sent a pestilence upon the Greeks and to appease the God, Agememmon had to restore her to her father without ransom.


What did Agamemnon have to give Chryses?

He had to give him back his daughter.


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.


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.