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THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE.

Year 1968, Issue: 9, 9 - 24, 17.08.2014

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It is in Homer that we meet for the first time the future protagonists in the Troilus and Cres ida love story. The Iliad opens with th<.: quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles over two captive girls, Chryseis and Briseis, who had been awarded them as prises in the division of spoils following the battle of Thebe. Upon Agammemnon's refusal to restore his captive to her father Chryses, a priest of Apollo, the god himself decided to punish the Greeks and sent a pestilence upon their host. Agammemnon realized that in keeping the girl he was incurring the wrath of the Olympians and thereby imperilling the issue of the venture; he sent Chryseis back to her father, whereas Briseis whose father Homer does not mention, was yielded up by Achilles to Agammemnon as a kind of compensation for the loss of Chryseis. Of the two girls we only know that they were pretty and that Agammemnon preferred Chryseis to his own wife Clytemnestra. Chryseis and Briseis being patronymics, the real names of the two girls remain unknown in Homer.

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THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE.

Year 1968, Issue: 9, 9 - 24, 17.08.2014

Abstract

It is in Homer that we meet for the first time the future protagonists in the Troilus and Cres ida love story. The Iliad opens with th<.: quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles over two captive girls, Chryseis and Briseis, who had been awarded them as prises in the division of spoils following the battle of Thebe. Upon Agammemnon's refusal to restore his captive to her father Chryses, a priest of Apollo, the god himself decided to punish the Greeks and sent a pestilence upon their host. Agammemnon realized that in keeping the girl he was incurring the wrath of the Olympians and thereby imperilling the issue of the venture; he sent Chryseis back to her father, whereas Briseis whose father Homer does not mention, was yielded up by Achilles to Agammemnon as a kind of compensation for the loss of Chryseis. Of the two girls we only know that they were pretty and that Agammemnon preferred Chryseis to his own wife Clytemnestra. Chryseis and Briseis being patronymics, the real names of the two girls remain unknown in Homer.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Creative Arts and Writing
Journal Section Makaleler
Authors

Tatyana Moran This is me

Publication Date August 17, 2014
Submission Date August 17, 2014
Published in Issue Year 1968 Issue: 9

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APA Moran, T. (2014). THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies(9), 9-24.
AMA Moran T. THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE. Litera. August 2014;(9):9-24.
Chicago Moran, Tatyana. “THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, no. 9 (August 2014): 9-24.
EndNote Moran T (August 1, 2014) THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 9 9–24.
IEEE T. Moran, “THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE”., Litera, no. 9, pp. 9–24, August 2014.
ISNAD Moran, Tatyana. “THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 9 (August 2014), 9-24.
JAMA Moran T. THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE. Litera. 2014;:9–24.
MLA Moran, Tatyana. “THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE”. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, no. 9, 2014, pp. 9-24.
Vancouver Moran T. THE GROWTH OF THE TROILUS AND CRESSIDA LEGEND AND BENOIT DE SAINTE MAURE. Litera. 2014(9):9-24.