Chryseis

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Chryseis is a figure in Greek mythology, a Trojan woman captured during the Trojan War whose seizure and subsequent return play a key role in the opening conflict of Homer's Iliad.

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Label Occurrences
Chryseis canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan woman ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ
character in the Iliad ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn Epic Cycle (tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Epic Cycle

Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
associatedEvent Apollo’s plague on the Achaean camp ⓘ
associatedPlace Chryse ⓘ
avengedByDeity Apollo ⓘ
basedOn oral epic tradition ⓘ
capturedBy Achaeans ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
capturedByLeader Agamemnon ⓘ
capturedFrom city near Chryse ⓘ
capturedIn Trojan War ⓘ
consequenceOfReturn Agamemnon seizes Briseis ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Trojan ⓘ
father Chryses ⓘ
fatherOccupation priest of Apollo ⓘ
firstAttestedIn Homer’s Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad
gender female ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
indirectConsequence Achilles withdraws from battle ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterReception referenced in Roman literature ⓘ
subject of later classical commentary ⓘ
literarySource Homer ⓘ
medium oral tradition ⓘ
mythRole cause of quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles ⓘ
nameEtymology patronymic meaning ‘daughter of Chryses’ ⓘ
nameVariant Astynome ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst for the plot of the Iliad ⓘ
ransomOfferedBy Chryses ⓘ
ransomRefusedBy Agamemnon ⓘ
region Troad ⓘ
requestedBy Chryses ⓘ
requestedReturnFrom Agamemnon ⓘ
returnedBy Achaeans ⓘ
returnedByOrderOf Agamemnon ⓘ
returnedTo Chryses ⓘ
returnMotivation to end Apollo’s plague ⓘ
statusInGreekCamp concubine of Agamemnon ⓘ
war prize of Agamemnon ⓘ
timeOfMythicSetting mythic age of heroes ⓘ
warContext Trojan War ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Trojan War → hasParticipant → Chryseis ⓘ
Cressida → basedOn → Chryseis ⓘ
Philip V of Macedon → mother → Chryseis ⓘ
Antigonus III Doson → spouse → Chryseis ⓘ
Criseida → nameVariantOf → Chryseis ⓘ
Demetrius II Aetolicus → spouse → Chryseis ⓘ