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Where is briseis in the first book of The Iliad?
Briseis was among those to lament and mourn over the death of Patroclus. She remained with Achilles until his death, which plunged her into great grief. She soon took it upon herself to prepare Achilles for the afterlife.According to some, following his death, Briseis: "... was given to one of Achilles' comrades-at-arms just as his armor had been", after the fall of Troy.
Who would Achilles love the most Briseis or Deidamia?
Briseis drives the plot of the Illiad; his telling of his weakness to Polyxena is how he dies.
Who is briseis married to?
Prior to being a captive of Achilles, Briseis was wife of Mynes and daughter of Briseus.
Who is a captive of Achilles until Agamemnon takes her?
Briseis
Who takes Achilles prize briseis for his own?
Agamemnon
How did Briseis get back to Achilles' quarters?
After the death of Patroclus; Agamemnon gives Achilles back Briseis.
Where is briseis in the first book of The Iliad?
Briseis was among those to lament and mourn over the death of Patroclus. She remained with Achilles until his death, which plunged her into great grief. She soon took it upon herself to prepare Achilles for the afterlife.According to some, following his death, Briseis: "... was given to one of Achilles' comrades-at-arms just as his armor had been", after the fall of Troy.
How did briseis changed the life of Achilles?
Achilles did not fight in the Trojan war until the death of Patroclus.
Who was Achilles's war captive?
Briseis
What woman does Achilles love?
Achilles loved the Trojan woman Briseis.
Who would Achilles love the most Briseis or Deidamia?
Briseis drives the plot of the Illiad; his telling of his weakness to Polyxena is how he dies.
Who is briseis married to?
Prior to being a captive of Achilles, Briseis was wife of Mynes and daughter of Briseus.
Who is a captive of Achilles until Agamemnon takes her?
Briseis
Who takes Achilles prize briseis for his own?
Agamemnon
Did briseis have any powers?
Briseis was a princess and queen captured as a war prize of Achilles, she was mortal and had no powers.
Who argued over a slave girl in The Iliad?
Agamemnon and Achilles argued over Briseis, who was Achilles's prize. Agamemnon had to give back his prize, Chryseis, because the Chryseis's father was a priest of Apollo and keeping her is making Apollo mad. In return, Agamemnon decided to take Briseis from Achilles. This caused Achilles to stop fighting in the Trojan War and eventually the death of Patrokolos.
Why does Achilles refuse to fight for the Greeks when agamenon takes briseis?
Achilles had little choice in giving up Briseis to Agamemnon, and makes his displeasure well known in refusing to fight Troy until Patroclus dies. Achilles only returns to the fighting to avenge Patroclus' death and Agamemnon returns Briseis to him afterwards, swearing not to have shared a bed with her. Achilles regarded her as his bride - his wife - and she regarded him as her husband.
