Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), B, Books and the Book Trade, Brisēis

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Brisēis

（Βρισηΐς). The daughter of Briseus of Lyrnessus, who fell into the hands of Achilles, but was seized by Agamemnon. Hence arose the dire feud between the two heroes. (See Achilles; Agamemnon; Trojan War.) Her proper name was Hippodamia.

The Rape of Briseis. (Pompeian Painting.)

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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