Chryseis. In Greek mythology, Chryseis is a Trojan woman, the daughter of Chryses.
Chryseis, her apparent name in the Iliad, means simply Chryses' daughter; later writers give her real name as Astynome. The poet Tzetzes describes her to be very young and thin, with milky skin; had blond hair and small breasts; nineteen years old and still a virgin.
As the golden one she is also the title-giving character of the Baroque alchemical epic Chryseidos Libri IIII. Astynome was sent by her father for protection, or, according to others, to attend the celebration of a festival of Artemis in Hypoplacian Thebe or in Lyrnessus where she was taken as prisoner by Achilles.
According to some, she was the wife of Eetion, king of Lyrnessus who was killed by the son of Peleus during his campaigns against the allies of Troy. In the first book of the Iliad, during the distribution of the booty brought by Achilles, she was given to Agamemnon by unanimous decision in view of his kingly office.
As a war prize, Agamemnon who admitted that she was finer than his own wife Clytemnestra, enslaved Chryseis and refused to allow her father to ransom her even though the priest of Apollo offered the Mycenaean king gifts of gold and silver. Apollo then sent a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it. He sent Odysseus to return the maiden to Chryses. Agamem
Chryseis, her apparent name in the Iliad, means simply Chryses' daughter; later writers give her real name as Astynome. The poet Tzetzes describes her to be very young and thin, with milky skin; had blond hair and small breasts; nineteen years old and still a virgin.
As the golden one she is also the title-giving character of the Baroque alchemical epic Chryseidos Libri IIII. Astynome was sent by her father for protection, or, according to others, to attend the celebration of a festival of Artemis in Hypoplacian Thebe or in Lyrnessus where she was taken as prisoner by Achilles.
According to some, she was the wife of Eetion, king of Lyrnessus who was killed by the son of Peleus during his campaigns against the allies of Troy. In the first book of the Iliad, during the distribution of the booty brought by Achilles, she was given to Agamemnon by unanimous decision in view of his kingly office.
As a war prize, Agamemnon who admitted that she was finer than his own wife Clytemnestra, enslaved Chryseis and refused to allow her father to ransom her even though the priest of Apollo offered the Mycenaean king gifts of gold and silver. Apollo then sent a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it. He sent Odysseus to return the maiden to Chryses. Agamem
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