person
Chryseis
also: Χρυσηΐς
Daughter of the priest Chryses, taken captive by Agamemnon and returned to her father in Book 1 to end the plague Apollo sent on the Achaean camp.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §1.106 Chryseis
Daughter of the priest Chryses, taken captive and awarded to Agamemnon as a prize of war; his refusal to ransom her brings Apollo's plague on the camp, and her return to her father in Book 1 begins to lift it.