0
Briesius
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What does Achilles lose to Agamemnon?
Agamemnon takes away Briseis - Achilles' favourite concubine (sex slave). This is the dispute which starts the story of the Iliad.
What crisis in the Greek camp confronts the leaders at the opening of The Iliad?
Agamemnon takes Achilles' trophy concubine from him. In reaction, Achilles withholds his forces from the battle.
How did Achilles react to Agamemnon?
He acted like a child. After hearing that his concubine, Chryseis, needed to be returned to her father (the priest of Apollo) Agamemnon's basic response was that if he had to suffer the loss of a concubine, that Achilles should lose his too. When Achilles became irate over this loss and refused to continue fighting, Agamemnon showed him the door claiming that he could still win without Achilles. Only the death of Achilles's close friend Patroklos inspired Achilles to fight for the Greeks again.
What misfortune did Andromache suffered from Achilles?
Because andromaches' father and brothers were killed by Achilles, her mother taken prisoner and ransomed. #2 answ: Andromache's father and brothers were killed by Achilleswhen he captured Thebe during the Trojan War; her mother was spared and ransomed, but died in Troy before its fall. During the seige of Troy, Achilles also killed her husband, Hector, and then desecrated his body. Andromache herself became the slave and concubine of Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, when Troy was captured; her son Astyanax was flung by the Greeks from the walls of Troy.
What is the duration of The Glamorous Imperial Concubine?
The duration of The Glamorous Imperial Concubine is 2700.0 seconds.
Why does Achilles withdraw from battle?
Achilles withdraws from battle because Agamemnon offends him by taking his concubine. Achilles states that if Briseis is not returned to him he will not fight.
What is the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon in book 1 of The Iliad?
Agamemnon forced Achilles to give up his concubine.
What does Achilles lose to Agamemnon?
Agamemnon takes away Briseis - Achilles' favourite concubine (sex slave). This is the dispute which starts the story of the Iliad.
What crisis in the Greek camp confronts the leaders at the opening of The Iliad?
Agamemnon takes Achilles' trophy concubine from him. In reaction, Achilles withholds his forces from the battle.
Why did Achilles refuse to fight in the Trojan War?
Agamemnon was forced to return his lover Chryseis to end the plague, and took Achilles' concubine Briseis as his own. Enraged at the dishonor Agamemnon had inflicted upon him, Achilles decided he would no longer fight.
How did Achilles react to Agamemnon?
He acted like a child. After hearing that his concubine, Chryseis, needed to be returned to her father (the priest of Apollo) Agamemnon's basic response was that if he had to suffer the loss of a concubine, that Achilles should lose his too. When Achilles became irate over this loss and refused to continue fighting, Agamemnon showed him the door claiming that he could still win without Achilles. Only the death of Achilles's close friend Patroklos inspired Achilles to fight for the Greeks again.
Did the Trojan war hero Achilles have a wife?
Deidamia, daughter of king Lycomedes of Scyros, discovered Achilles in his youth when he was disguised as a girl in her father's court. She had the only child of the great hero, a son Neoptolemus by Achilles. Deidamia became the wife of Helenus, the Trojan seer, son of King Priam, whom Neoptolemus had brought as a prisoner. It was said he had married her before he left.Briseis was concubine of Achilles. He referred to her as his bride and wife often; and when she was taken by Agamemnon because he had had to give up his concubine Chryseis he withdrew from the war with disastrous results for his own side. He did not again join the war until after the death of his friend Patroclus. She is later returned to Achilles, and mourns with him the death of Patroclus and remains with him until his death, and mourned him and made his body ready for the afterlife.Diomede was a girl, whom Achilles took up with after Briseis was taken.Polyxena a daughter of Prime and Hecuba had been slain at Achilles' tomb by Neoptolemus (his son) and so called "beloved of Achilles".Evan after death Achilles married either Iphigenia or Helen in the White Isle, or else he married Medea in the Islands of the Blest.
When was The Concubine's Children created?
"The Concubine's Children" was created in 1994 by Denise Chong.
When was The Russian Concubine created?
The Russian Concubine was created in 2007.
When was The Concubine - novel - created?
The Concubine - novel - was created in 1966.
When was Fragrant Concubine born?
Fragrant Concubine was born in 1734.
When was The Magnificent Concubine created?
The Magnificent Concubine was created in 1962.
