Briseis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Brīsēïs, ĭdos (acc. Briseïda, Prop. 2, 8, 35; Ov. A. A. 3, 189 al.: Briseïdam, Hyg. Fab. 106; voc. Brisaeï, Ov. A. A. 2, 713), f.,

= Βρισηΐς, Hippodamia , daughter of Brises , and slave of Achilles , from whom she was taken by Agamemnon : Varro, Sat. Men. 63, 4; Prop. 2, 22, 29; Hor. C. 2, 4, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 8, 11; id. H. 3, 137.

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