Briseis (traditional association)

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Briseis (traditional association) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the captive woman whose dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon helps trigger the central conflict in Homer's Iliad.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Briseis 2
Briseis (traditional association) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan War character ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ
female figure in mythology ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad
associatedWith Achilles ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ
Greeks at Troy ⓘ
Patroclus ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Trojan War ⓘ
capturedBy Achilles ⓘ
causeOf Achilles’ withdrawal from battle ⓘ
quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon ⓘ
createdBy Homer ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
emotionExpressed grief for Patroclus ⓘ
enslavedBy Achilles ⓘ
ethnicity Lyrnessian ⓘ
familyKilledBy Achilles ⓘ
genre epic poetry character ⓘ
hometown Lyrnessus ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryFunction catalyst for the plot of the Iliad ⓘ
nameVariant Briseïs ⓘ
Hippodameia ⓘ
notableFor being the captive woman over whom Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel ⓘ
roleInWork captive woman ⓘ
war prize ⓘ
sourceText Homeric epic tradition ⓘ
spouse Mynes ⓘ
spouseStatus widow of Mynes ⓘ
statusInNarrative concubine of Achilles ⓘ
takenBy Agamemnon ⓘ
takenFrom Achilles ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth mythic age of heroes ⓘ
traditionalAssociation central to the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon in the Iliad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achilles → spouseOrLover → Briseis (traditional association) ⓘ
Trojan War → hasParticipant → Briseis ⓘ
linked to: Briseis (traditional association)
Agamemnon → objectTaken → Briseis ⓘ
linked to: Briseis (traditional association)