Briseis to Achilles. Achilles : Apparently you won some great victory. Achilles became depressed and refused to fight. But this should cause no particular surprise, some think, ⦠The words you read come from stolen Briseis, an alien who has learned some Greek. Homer does not say what happens to Briseis after the end of the Trojan War. Briseis was Achilles so called prize while he was raiding other countries as the Greek army made their way to Troy. Achilles and Briseis is a picture depicting tableaux from the Iliad relating to the gifting of Briseis to Achilles found in the House of the Tragic Poet Pompeii, Italy.The image is painted in distemper, similar to coloured white-washing and intermediary between fresco and paint.It was at one time moved to the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Agamemnon : Ah, Perhaps you didn't notice. Troy (2004) Rose Byrne as Briseis. Not through your fault was I claimed by Agamemnon but you failed me Briseis mourns Achilles' death by cutting her hair and putting it on his corpse. Watch the clip titled "Nude Scene - Achilles Beds Briseis" for the film Troy (2004). Briseis (left) Briseis, in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Briseus.She was taken captive by Achilles, but was taken by Agamemnon for his own, when the latter had to return Chryseis to her father Chryses, to end a plague sent by Apollo.Achilles and Briseis grew close, despite their situations, and treated each other as husband and wife. Patroclus Dies Briseis, despite the few words she says in the Homer's epic poem The Iliad, is an important piece of the story. Briseis lost family, country and freedom when Achilles sacked Lyrnessus where she lived; yet she found her captivity sweet, until the feud between Achilles and Agamemnon, which costed so many lives, made her captive of the latter.. Women and trouble . If it is right to complain, my lover and lord, I complain. When Agamemnon takes Briseis from Achilles, it starts a ⦠For the sake of golden-haired Briseis great trouble came about. A few of these lines are blurred by falling tears, tears which are as heavy as my words. Lesson Summary. The Trojan beach belonged to Priam in the morning. Achilles Refuses to Fight At one point during the war, Achilles captured a beautiful princess named Briseis and fell in love with her. Introduction: Variations on Briseis [1]In his 1960 book The Singer of Tales, Albert Lord argues that Homeric poetry is defined by its traditionality: any given audience on any given occasion of performance knew the story and the characters already.There would have been nothing about the story, the language, the rhythm of the song, or the characters that was new. Achilles has over-reached himself, and as he attempts to punish all the Trojans for Patroklos' death and to deny them burial rites for Hektor, so the river god now attempts to drown Achilles, bury him in the mud, and deny him glory and proper burial rites. Along the way before they made it to Troy, Agamemnon the king of the Greeks began to get greedy and fought with Achilles resulting in him taking Briseis. However, the leader of the Greek army, Agamemnon, became angry with Achilles and took Briseis from him.