Briseis

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Briseis f (taxonomy, obsolete) Synonym of Allium. == English == === Alternative forms === Briseida, Briseide (in mediaeval romances) Briseïs === Etymology === Borrowing from Ancient Greek Βρισηΐς (Brisēḯs, “daughter of Briseus/Brises”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɹaɪˈsiːɪs/ === Proper noun === Briseis (Greek mythology) A legendary figure who features in the Iliad; a princess granted as concubine to Achilles after the sacking of her city, Lyrnessus, before the beginning of the story. 1993 [Random House (Knopf)], Tim Parks (translator), Roberto Calasso, The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony, 1994, Random House (Vintage), page 90, And the Iliad was founded on a play of[sic] words, the substitution of a couple of letters in a name. Briseis, Chryseis. The bone of contention that triggers the poem is Briseis kallipárēos, Briseis “of the lovely cheeks”: Agamemnon wants her exchanged with, or substituted for, Chryseis kallipárēos, Chryseis “of the lovely cheeks." In Greek only two letters separate the two girls. (astronomy) The minor planet 655 Briseïs. ==== Usage notes ==== (legendary figure): Briseis is a patronymic. Her given name, according to other poets, is Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια). In his Heroides, Ovid presents a letter from Briseis to Achilles. In Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie (The Romance of Troy) and later mediaeval romances, the name is rendered as Briseida; moreover, her father is identified as Calchas (a change from the etymologically linked Briseus of the Iliad) and she is in love with Troilus (and then Diomedes). Briseis/Briseida was later conflated with Chryseis; under variations of that name the character continued to evolve, eventually becoming William Shakespeare's Cressida. (According to the Iliad, Chriseis had been Agamemnon's war prize; when forced to return her, he had demanded Briseis in recompense, offending Achilles.) ==== Synonyms ==== (legendary figure): Hippodameia ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Briseis (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Briseis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Brissie