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    Briseis (/braɪˈsiːɪs/; Ancient Greek: Βρισηίς Brīsēís, pronounced [briːsɛːís]) ("daughter of Briseus"), also known as Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια, [hippodámeːa])...
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  • Look up Briseis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Briseis was a princess in Greek mythology. Briseis may also refer to: Briséïs, 1897 opera by Emmanuel...
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  • 655 Briseïs is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language "655 Briseis (1907 BF)". JPL Small-Body...
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    Catocala briseis, the Briseis underwing or ribbed underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by William Henry Edwards...
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    Achilles and Briseis is an ancient Roman painting from the 1st-century AD, depicting the scene from the Iliad where the captured Trojan princess and priestess...
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  • of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Briseis, after the princess Briseis in Greek mythology: HMS Briseis (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop...
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    Eupithecia briseis is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Costa Rica. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eupithecia briseis. Wikispecies...
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    Briséïs or Les amants de Corinthe (Briséïs, or the Lovers of Corinth) is an operatic drame lyrique by Emmanuel Chabrier with libretto by Catulle Mendès...
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  • the city walls. He gives Briseis to the Greek soldiers for their amusement, but Achilles saves her. Later that night, Briseis sneaks into Achilles' quarters...
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  • Trojan woman Briseis as a war prize to save her from Agamemnon. However, out of sensitivity Achilles largely avoids interacting with Briseis directly because...
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  • Fissicrambus briseis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Stanisław Błeszyński in 1963. It is found in Bolivia. "GlobIZ search". Global...
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    to return Chryseis to her father, but decides to take Achilles' slave, Briseis, as compensation. Because war prizes were correlated with honor, Agamemnon's...
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  • Thumbnail for Chazara briseis
    Chazara briseis, the hermit, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in North Africa, southern Europe, Asia Minor...
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    Antiplanes briseis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. The length of the shell attains 18 mm (0.71 in)...
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    bulbiferum Batt. & Trab. Allium triquetrum f. normale (L.) Maire & Weiller Allium triquetrum var. typicum (L.) Regel Briseis triquetra (L.) Salisb....
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  • It recounts the events of the Iliad chiefly from the point of view of Briseis. The plot begins when Greeks led by Achilles sack Lyrnessus, describing...
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    Briseis foaled in 1873, was a brown Australian Thoroughbred filly that is regarded as one of the greatest mares ever foaled in Australia. As a two-year-old...
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    scene depicts Achilles releasing Briseis to the Greek king Agamemnon. On the right side of the panel, Patroclus leads Briseis by the wrist. Achilles, seated...
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    refusing, Achilles relents and gives Briseis to Agamemnon. However, Achilles feels disrespect for having to hand over Briseis and prays to Thetis, his mother...
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    Megalopyge albizona Dognin, 1923 Megalopyge bissesa Dyar, 1910 Megalopyge briseis Dyar, 1910 Megalopyge costaricensis Schaus, 1912 Megalopyge govana Schaus...
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    Achilles is outraged that Agamemnon would threaten to seize his warprize, Briseis, and he draws his sword to kill Agamemnon. The sudden appearance of the...
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    cities (like Pedasus and Lyrnessus, where the Greeks capture the queen Briseis) and killed Tenes, a son of Apollo, as well as Priam's son Troilus in the...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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    St Albans and Briseis have now become racing legends, and Briseis is regarded as one of the greatest mares foaled in Australia. Briseis wasn't the only...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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    two married on July 12, 2014. The couple have three children: daughter, Briseis (born May 6, 2013) and sons, Uriah (born July 12, 2015) and Agyemang (born...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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    mortals Aegeus Aegisthus Agamemnon Andromache Andromeda Antigone Augeas Briseis Cassiopeia Creon of Thebes Chryseis Chrysothemis Clytemnestra Damocles...
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