Brisēis

, a woman of Lyrne us, called also Hippo dam i a. When her country was taken by the Greeks, and her husband Mines and brother killed in the fight, she fell to the share of Achilles in the division of the spoils. Agamemnon took her away some time after from Achilles, who made a vow to absent himself from the field of battle. Briseis was very faithful to Achilles; and when Agamemnon restored her to him, he swore he had never offended her chastity. Homer , Iliad , bks. 1, 2, . — Ovid , Heroides , poem 3; De Ars Am at or i a , bks. 2 & 3.— Pro pert i us , bk. 2 , poems 8, 20, & 22.— Pausanias , bk. 5 , ch. 24 .— Horace , bk. 2 , ode 4.