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.
[Homer, Iliad, 2. 689] Eustathius of Thessalonica, a commentator on
Homer, says Briseus and
Chryses were brothers, as sons of Ardys (otherwise unknown), with Briseus dwelling in Pedasus, and Chryses residing in Chryse; both were towns in the
Troad.
[Eustathius on Homer, 77. 30] Pedasus was said by Homer to be
Leleges settlement, ruled by the Lelegian king
Altes. Thus, Briseus may also have been a Lelegian. Other sources say that Briseus was a priest of
Lyrnessus. According to
Dictys Cretensis, Briseus hanged himself when he lost his daughter.
[Dictys Cretensis, 2. 17]
Notes
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Dictys Cretensis , from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares Phrygius translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Homer, Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
