"Captive Briseis in a foraign Tongue More by her blots, than words, sets forth her wrong And yet these blots, which by my tears are made, Above all words, or writing should perswade. Subjects (I know) must not their Lords accuse; Yet prayers and tears we lawfully may use."
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Briseis (Ancient Greek: ÎÏÎčÏÎ·ÎŻÏ BrÄ«sÄĂs, 'daughter of Briseus'), also known as Hippodameia (áŒčÏÏÎżÎŽÎŹÎŒÎ”Îčα HippodĂĄmeia), is a significant character in the Iliad. Her role as a status symbol is at the heart of the dispute between Achilles and Agamemnon that initiates the plot of Homer's epic. She was married to Mynes, a son of the Ki
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