Briseis

Achilles killed Briseis’s husband, Mynes, king of Lyrnessus near Troy, and her three brothers when he sacked the city. One source identifies her as the daughter of Brises. Another account also states that Achilles killed her father and mother. Briseis is a Trojan maiden and the wife of Mynes.

Taken as a war captive, Briseis was given to Achilles and became his concubine. In the tenth year of the Trojan War, Agamemnon demanded her from Achilles after returning Chryseis to her father, Chryses, a priest of Apollo. Briseis therefore became part of the dispute between the two Greek leaders. Her removal was treated by Achilles as an insult and as a loss of his war prize, which represented his valour. He withdrew from the fighting and asked his divine mother, Thetis, to persuade Zeus to favour the Trojans. Briseis belongs to the myths of the Trojan War as a captive whose transfer affects the conflict between Achilles and Agamemnon.