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by Micha F. Lindemans

The daughter of Chryses. In the battle for Troy, Agamemnon received her as a slave. When her father tried to buy her free, he was humiliated and taunted by Agamemnon. Apollo then send a plague through the Greek camp, which would only stop when Chryseis was returned to her father. The displeased Agamemnon then claimed Achilles' slave Breseis, which led to a fatal conflict between the two heroes.