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Briseis, the Glossary

Briseis (Βρισηίς Brīsēís) ("daughter of Briseus"), also known as Hippodameia (Ἱπποδάμεια), is a significant character in the Iliad.^[1]

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Women of the Trojan war

A Thousand Ships

A Thousand Ships is a 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes which retells the mythology of the Trojan war from the perspective of the women involved.

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Achaeans (Homer)

The Achaeans or Akhaians (Akhaioí, "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used to refer to the Greeks collectively.

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Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.

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Agamemnon

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War.

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Ajax the Great

Ajax or Aias (Aíās, Αἴαντος Aíantos; archaic ΑΣϜΑϺ) is a Greek mythological hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea, and the half-brother of Teucer.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Azalais d'Altier

Azalais or Azalaïs d'Altier was an early-13th-century trobairitz.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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In Greek mythology, Briseus (Ancient Greek: Βρισεύς) or Brises (Ancient Greek: Βρίσης) is the father of Briseis (Hippodameia), a maiden captured by the Greeks during the Trojan War, as recorded in the Iliad.

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Calchas

Calchas (Κάλχας, Kalkhas) is an Argive mantis, or "seer," dated to the Age of Legend, which is an aspect of Greek mythology.

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Chivalric romance

As a literary genre, the chivalric romance is a type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of high medieval and early modern Europe.

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Chryseis

In Greek mythology, Chryseis (translit) is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Chryses. Briseis and Chryseis are Trojans and women of the Trojan war.

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Colleen McCullough

Colleen Margaretta McCullough (married name Robinson, previously Ion-Robinson; 1 June 193729 January 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and The Ladies of Missalonghi.

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Cressida

Cressida (also Criseida, Cresseid or Criseyde) is a character who appears in many Medieval and Renaissance retellings of the story of the Trojan War. Briseis and Cressida are Trojans and women of the Trojan war.

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Dares Phrygius

Dares Phrygius (Δάρης), according to Homer, was a Trojan priest of Hephaestus. Briseis and Dares Phrygius are Trojans.

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Dave Duncan (writer)

David John Duncan (30 June 1933 – 29 October 2018) was an award-winning Scottish Canadian fantasy and science fiction author.

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Dictys Cretensis

Dictys Cretensis, i.e. Dictys of Crete (Δίκτυς ὁ Κρής) of Knossos was a legendary companion of Idomeneus during the Trojan War, and the purported author of a diary of its events, that deployed some of the same materials worked up by Homer for the Iliad.

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Diomedes

Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (god-like cunning" or "advised by Zeus) is a hero in Greek mythology, known for his participation in the Trojan War.

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Eurybates

In Greek mythology, Eurybates (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυβάτης) may refer to the same or different herald(s) for the Greek armies during Trojan War.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (– 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.

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Gloria Milland

Gloria Milland (born Maria Fiè; 11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989) was an Italian actress of peplum and spaghetti Western films.

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Helen of Troy

Helen (Helénē), also known as Helen of Troy, Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, and in Latin as Helena, was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. Briseis and Helen of Troy are women of the Trojan war.

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Heroides

The Heroides (The Heroines), or Epistulae Heroidum (Letters of Heroines), is a collection of fifteen epistolary poems composed by Ovid in Latin elegiac couplets and presented as though written by a selection of aggrieved heroines of Greek and Roman mythology in address to their heroic lovers who have in some way mistreated, neglected, or abandoned them.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Iliad

The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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John Tzetzes

John Tzetzes (Iōánnēs Tzétzēs;, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century.

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Kylix

In the pottery of ancient Greece, a kylix (κύλιξ, pl.; also spelled cylix;: kylikes) is the most common type of cup in the period, usually associated with the drinking of wine.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.

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Lyrnessus

In Greek mythology, Lyrnessus (Λυρνησσός) was a town or city in Dardania (Asia minor), inhabited by Cilicians. Briseis and Lyrnessus are Trojans.

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Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller (born July 24, 1978) is an American novelist, author of The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018).

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Marino Girolami

Marino Girolami (1 February 1914 – 20 February 1994) was an Italian film director and actor.

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Menelaus

In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Μενέλαος, 'wrath of the people') was a Greek king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta.

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Mynes (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Mynes (Ancient Greek: Μύνης means "diverting") may refer to two individuals.

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Natalie Haynes

Natalie Louise Haynes (born 1974) is an English writer, broadcaster, classicist, and comedian.

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Odysseus

In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (Odyseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Palamedes (mythology)

Palamedes (Παλαμήδης) was a Euboean prince, son of King Nauplius in Greek mythology.

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Papyrus

Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.

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Pat Barker

Patricia Mary W. Barker,, Hon FBA (Drake; born 8 May 1943) is a British writer and novelist.

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Patroclus

In Greek mythology, Patroclus (generally pronounced; glory of the father) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and an important character in Homer's Iliad.

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Patronymic

A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor.

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Phoenix (son of Amyntor)

In Greek mythology, Phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ Phoinix, gen. Φοίνικος Phoinikos) was the son of king Amyntor.

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Roman de Troie

Le Roman de Troie (The Romance of Troy) by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, probably written between 1155 and 1160,Roberto Antonelli "The Birth of Criseyde - An Exemplary Triangle: 'Classical' Troilus and the Question of Love at the Anglo-Norman Court" in Boitani, P. (ed) The European Tragedy of Troilus (Oxford: Clarendon Press) 1989 pp.21-48.

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Rose Byrne

Mary Rose Byrne (born 24 July 1979) is an Australian actress.

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Scholia

Scholia (scholium or scholion, from σχόλιον, "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briseis

Also known as Bresies, Briseida.

, Trojan War, Troy (film), Troy: Fall of a City, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Petersen.

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Women of the Trojan war

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