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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Chryseis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Χρύσηίς, '''Khrysēís''') was a [[Troy|Trojan]] woman, the daughter of [[Chryses]]. Her real name was Astynome; 'Chryseis' was a patronym, deribed from her father, Chryses.

In the first book of the ''[[Iliad]]'', [[Agamemnon]] takes her as a war prize and refuses to allow her father, a priest of [[Apollo]], to ransom her. An [[oracle]] of Apollo then sends a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon is forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it. Agamemnon compensates himself for this loss by taking [[Briseis]] from [[Achilles]], an act that offends Achilles, who refuses to take further part in the [[Trojan War]].

A later Greek legend, preserved in Hyginus' ''Fabulae'', states that she had a son by Agamemnon.

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Irlandos at 22:25, January 10, 2006