# Briseis — The Iliad character guide

> Briseis in The Iliad by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** fair Briseis

**First appearance:** 0001-the-iliad

## Who they are

Captive woman taken by Achilles, whose seizure by Agamemnon sparks the quarrel.

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