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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Brise`is
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A young virgin priestess, who fell to the lot of Achilles among the spoil of a victory, but whom Agamemnon carried off from him, whereupon he retired to his tent and sullenly refused to take any further part in the war, to its prolongation, in consequence, as Homer relates, for ten long years; the theme of the "Iliad" being the "wrath of Achilles" on this account, and what it led to.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brise`is'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/briseis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Brise`is'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/briseis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
