Hippodamia

The real name of Briseis (the daughter of Briseus), the beloved slave of Achilles. She was originally married to Mynes, who was slain by Achilles at the taking of Lyrnessus.

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References

Sources

  • Dictys Cretensis, ii, 17.
  • Homer. Iliad ii, 689, xix, 291 ff.
  • Scholiast on Homer's Iliad i, 184.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.