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Chryseis was in the Trojan war a slave and lover of Agamemnon who was later freed when Agamemnon was forced to give her up when Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for not ransoming her at the request of her father Chryses. Her son by Agamemnon she named for her father.

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Who was Chryses daughter?

Chryseis


Who Took Chryseis back to her father?

Odysseus.


How did chryseis die?

It is not known; Chryses, as son of Agamemnon and Chryseis, saved the lives of Orestesand Iphigenia in Tauris on account of their family ties, for these two were also children of Agamemnon.


Why does Agamemnon say he doesn't want to give Chryseis back?

At first because Agamemnon refused to ransom Chryseis to her father Chryses (a priest of Apollo); later he was forced to because of a plague Apollo had sent upon the Greek army for the treatment of his priest.


Why did agamemnon wants to get briseis?

In the first book of the Iliad, Agamemnon enslaves her, as a war prize and refuses to allow her father, a priest of Apollo to ransom her. An oracle of Apollo then sends a plague sweeping through the Greek armies, and Agamemnon is forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it, so Agamemnon sends Odysseus to return Chryseis to her father. Agamemnon compensates himself for this loss by taking Briseis from Achilles, an act that offends Achilles, who refuses to take further part in the Trojan War.


Does Odysseus hand over Chryseis to her father?

Yes. Also, her father Chryses, with help from Orestes, was also responsible for the death of Thoas. He killed Thoas after finding out that the son of Chryseis, called "younger Chryses", was also the son of Agamemnon.


What does chryses do to try to get his daughter chryseis back from agamemnon?

Begs Agamemnon, and compares him self to Agamemnon's father.


What part did Chryseis play in the Trojan war?

She was the war prize between Agamemnon and achilles


Which god was outraged over agamemon's seizure of chryseis?

Apollo for the sake of his priest at Chryse; Chryses.


What did Agamemnon have to give Chryses for Apollo to stop killing the Achaeans?

He had to give him his daughter Chryseis back.


Who is chryseis?

Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses a priest of Apollo, she was captured by Agamemnon as a war-prize and was his slave and lover until Agamemnon had to give her up because Apollo set a plague upon the Greek army for insulting his priest and not ransoming her to her father once she was claimed by him.


Which city was sacked and Chryseis was taken from it as one of the spoils of war?

Chryse, where her father was priest was most likely.