Briseis

Briseis was Achilles so called prize while he was raiding other countries as the Greek army made their way to Troy. Along the way before they made it to Troy, Agamemnon the king of the Greeks began to get greedy and fought with Achilles resulting in him taking Briseis. This happened because Achilles thought that a girl Agamemnon was trying to claim should be returned to her father so he felt the need to claim another girl in her place which was Briseis. Achilles felt as if his honor had been taken

refused to surrender her to her father. The God Apollo, answering her prayer, laid devastation on the Archaens. Agamemnon insists that if he is forced to surrender Chryseis, his rightful war prize, then he must be repaid with Achilles ' war prize, Briseis. Appalled by this demand, Achilles refuses to accept the indignity that he feels Agamemnon has made him undergo in front of all the soldiers and announces he will be withdrawing all of his Myrmidon troops from battle. Had Athena not intervened when

Achilles’ sinful desire for glory ended up killing him, his comrades, and his reputation. Achilles spent the majority of the battle withdrawn from the fight and moping, so when he eventually ended up dying there was nothing particularly noble or glorious about it. If, however, Achilles had gone out heroically and risked his life at the beginning of the battle as he fought alongside his comrades, he could have died in battle and had people remember him as one of the greatest Greek heroes that ever

compensation, Agamemnon demands that Achilles forfeit his war prize: Briseis, princess of Lyrnessus. Unhappy with this course of action, Achilles withdraws from the war. Generals, trusted advisors, soldiers, and healers under King Agamemnon’s rule deliver deliberate speeches and debate as to if and why Agamemnon should keep or return Briseis to Achilles for his return. Speaker 1, who spoke in favor of Agamemnon keeping Briseis, incorporates all three rhetorical appeals and adopts a commanding tone

may have played this role of an unofficial taunter. By interpretation one may infer that he is referring to all the women in the Iliad. Let's look at Briseis for an example. Briseis played the role of an unofficial taunter because she was the underlying reason for the feud between Agamemnon and Achilles. There wasn't much information given about Briseis in the

During that entire time, Achilles’ justification for wallowing in self-pity is that he has been “dishonored”. This argument becomes null and void when Agamemnon offers lavish compensation for the affront. In addition to returning Briseis, Agamemnon offers Achilles seven unfired tripods, ten gold bars, twenty burnished cauldrons, a dozen horses, seven beautiful women from Lesbos, twenty Trojan women, his daughters’ hand in marriage along with a rich dowry, and the ownership of seven

According to the text, women like Chryseis and Briseis were taken in as “spoils of war” for Agamemnon and Achilles. Spoils of war, by definition, are a warrior’s material possession. These possessions were then the warrior’s partner in a relationship. When the priest, Chryses, father of Agamemnon's

The Iliad is a Greek epic telling not only the story of the last year of the Trojan War, but also the tale of the hero Achilles. In the Iliad, Achilles is a very complex hero who, known for his rage, determines both his own destiny and the fate of a nation and its people. Achilles may be remembered for his anger, but that doesn’t define who he is as a character. Achilles has both good reasons and good intentions as to why he chooses to react in anger. The speaker only elaborates about how Achilles

upset and refuses to fight alongside his fellows. Legend says Agamemnon the Greek chieftain in the Trojan War and Achilles both received war wives. Agamemnon is rewarded Chryseis the daughter of Chryses,favored priest of Apollo. Achilles receives Briseis. Chryses wanted his daughter returned to him offering ransom to Agamemnon who at first refused, but upon further advise of Calchas the seer he returned Chryseis to her father to prevent the wrath of Apollo. However, he takes Achilles war bride for

Questioning Pride, Authority and Honor In the poem “The Iliad,” Agamemnon’s pride prevents him from being an honorable leader. The Achaeans take captive two women named Chryseis and Briseis; Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean army, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles, the Achaeans greatest warrior, takes Briseis. When Chryseis father, a priest of Apollo requests Agamemnon to return him his daughter, Agamemnon refuses, and the priest pleads Apollo, the son of Zeus, to help him. Apollo listens