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  Chryseis (Asteroid) - Wikipedia
Benannt wurde der Himmelskörper nach Chryseis aus der griechischen Mythologie.
Chryseis, eine Tochter des Apollonpriesters Chryses, wurde vom griechischen Helden Achilles entführt.
Chryseis bewegt sich in einem Abstand von 2,7797 (Perihel) bis 3,3671 (Aphel) astronomischen Einheiten in 5,388 Jahren um die Sonne.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chryseis_%28Asteroid%29   (100 words)

  
 Chryseis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Chryseis (Greek: Χρύσηίς, Khrysēís) was a Trojan woman, the daughter of Chryses.
In the first book of the Iliad, Agamemnon takes her as a war prize and refuses to allow her father, a priest of Apollo, to ransom her.
An oracle of Apollo then sends a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon is forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chryseis   (136 words)

  
 Expanded Heroic Age Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chryseis was originally designed to be one of the sample characters for the "Characters" chapter of GURPS Greece.
Chryseis is the only child of King Pagasus of Tegea, a small city in the Peloponnese about halfway between Mycenae and Sparta.
Chryseis was taught the arts of war and the hunt as if she were a son, and now that she has reached adulthood she is determined to retain her independence.
members.aol.com /JFZeigler/chryseis.htm   (314 words)

  
 Chaucer: Class Mini Reports, November   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chryseis’ father Chryses was a priest of Apollo.
Chryseis knew Cassandra had a soft spot for no one but her brother Troilus.
Chryseis seduced Troilus, convinced him to confide in her some of his sister’s prophesies.
individual.utoronto.ca /jensutherl/minireportnovember.html   (2192 words)

  
 Period Determination of 202 Chryseis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The rotation period of the asteroid 202 Chryseis is currently unknown.
Measuring the rotation period of an asteroid is a necessary first step in determining its reflectance as a function of solar phase angle, which can yield information about is composition and structure.
In order to determine the period it will be necessary to connect several nights’ data to create a composite light curve free of all interfering brightness variations, which would then allow for Fourier analysis of the rotational variations in brightness.
departments.colgate.edu /physics/students/sresearch00/Krco.htm   (140 words)

  
 Part I. Chapter XI. Padraic Colum 1918. The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chryseis was given to Agamemnon and Briseis to Achilles.
‘The father of Chryseis was a priest of Apollo, and when the maiden, his daughter, was not given back to him, he went and prayed the god to avenge him on the host.
At the council there was a soothsayer named Kalchas; he stood up and declared that he knew the cause of the plague, and he knew too how the remainder of the host might be saved from it.
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 Chryseis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
His daughter is Chryseis, who has been captured by the Greek army and awarded as a "prize of honor" to Agamemnon.
Chryseis, however, is the daughter of Apollo's priest, and Agamemnon should have taken the wealth offered as ransom and let her go home.
When Agamemnon insults Chryseis' father (Chryses), Chryses asks Apollo to send a plague on the Greeks, and Apollo does what he asks.
gorams.wssu.edu /wallr/IliadI/Chryseis.htm   (99 words)

  
 Yahoo! Groups : Chryseis
Chryseis · Chryseis is a female charactor in Homer's Iliad.
She was taken captive during the war and given as booty to the victor.
Chryseis is a female charactor in Homer's Iliad.
www.onelist.com /community/Chryseis   (278 words)

  
 Chryseis
In Greek mythology, Chryseis was a Trojan woman, daughter of Chryses.
During the Trojan War, Agamemnon took her as a war prize and taunted her father, a priest of Apollo when he attempted to buy her back.
An oracle of Apollo then sent a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chryseis.html   (83 words)

  
 Great BooksGreat Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chryseis was a typical Greco-Roman woman who was praised for beauty and treated as an object.
She was never granted the luxury of forming her own opinions and would go from being the property of her father to the property of her husband.
She was not required to remain secluded in the home if the man was away, unlike the Greek women who were unable to be seen even if their man was at war.
www.auburn.edu /~waiisab/chryseis.html   (318 words)

  
 SparkNotes: The Iliad: Book 1
The poet invokes a muse to aid him in telling the story of the rage of Achilles, the greatest Greek hero to fight in the Trojan War.
That night, Agamemnon puts Chryseis on a ship back to her father and sends heralds to have Briseis escorted from Achilles’ tent.
He relates to her the tale of his quarrel with Agamemnon, and she promises to take the matter up with Zeus—who owes her a favor—as soon as he returns from a thirteen-day period of feasting with the Aethiopians.
www.sparknotes.com /lit/iliad/section1.html   (1206 words)

  
 Fortress Around Your Heart
Silence fell between them for a space; the only noise was that of the wind blowing across the field, and Chryseis gathering in her children.
Chryseis took his hand in hers, and grasped young Jason’s in the other.
Chryseis scooped up little Jason from the couch; she had already tucked the other children into bed, and her youngest gave her no struggle; thumb planted firmly into his mouth, his head lolled on her shoulder as she took him past the kitchen toward the bedroom.
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 Chamber of Secrets - The Other Side of the Moon
Chryseis raised her eyebrows at Luna, as if asking her for an explaination, and though Luna felt herself swell with pride for McGonagall’s praising her mother, she said nothing.
Chryseis saw Bridget’s expression, and the pink tinge on her cheeks grew slightly darker.
Chryseis is awesome, but if she’s got one fault, it’s going and falling for a boy,” Bridget added, shaking her head and rolling her eyes in disgust.
www.cosforums.com /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=36740   (15709 words)

  
 Chryseis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chryseis, or Khrysêis was a Trojan woman, the daughterof Chryses, and considered a personage in Greek mythology.
In the first book of the Iliad, Agamemnon took her as a war prize and refused to allow her father, a priest of Apollo to ransom her.
An oracle of Apollo then sent a plaguesweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon was forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it.
www.therfcc.org /chryseis-97505.html   (127 words)

  
 Briseis, Greek Mythology Link.
In the tenth year of the Trojan War, however, while sacking the city of Thebe, east of Mount Ida, Agamemnon captured Chryseis 3, and intended to keep the girl as a prize, take her home, and turn her into both a slave and a concubine.
When an assembly was called to discuss the plague, the seer Calchas declared that the reason for it was to be found in Apollo's anger, which Agamemnon had aroused by insulting the priest and keeping his daughter.
Agamemnon then set Chryseis 3 in a ship under Odysseus' command, instructing him to sail to her father and give him his daughter back.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Briseis.html   (1702 words)

  
 Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Apollo Links
Agamemnon, leader of the Greek forces fighting against Troy, took a young woman, Chryseis, as a trophy of war.
In spite of the army's urging, Agamemnon refused the ransom, saying Chryseis was better than his own wife Clytemnestra, and threatening the priest with death.
The god obliged, striking the Greeks with pestilence that was not lifted until Chryseis was returned to her father.
www.hawastsoc.org /deepsky/apollo.html   (211 words)

  
 Pyramid: GURPS Greece Designer's Notes
At this moment, he could wish that Chryseis was safe and happy in the women's quarters, not about to leave Tegea in the midst of dangerous times.
Chryseis smiled brightly and waved to king and townspeople as Amphion shouted to the horses.
Chryseis remembered seeing him among the other priests when the oracle had spoken.
www.sjgames.com /pyramid/sample.html?id=1401   (1911 words)

  
 kim
Chryseis is a rather interesting discussion between Dio and an unnamed woman (stu-dent?), concerning, Chryseis, the daughter of the priest Chryses, who appears in the first book of the Iliad.
By the conclusion of the piece, the unspeaking, unacting Chryseis has become a model of wisdom, foresight, and moderation, and even possibly, as Desideri (op.
For Dio and the many others who used Homer as a moral authority, the narrative (as opposed to didactic) form of Homeric epic meant that determining the precise nature of Homer's moral precepts depended on a careful reading of the characters and situations in question.
www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/01mtg/abstracts/kim.html   (391 words)

  
 SparkNotes: The Iliad: Plot Overview
During the battle, the Achaeans capture a pair of beautiful maidens, Chryseis and Briseis.
Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean forces, takes Chryseis as his prize, and Achilles, the Achaeans’ greatest warrior, claims Briseis.
When he learns that Chryseis is the cause, he reluctantly gives her up but then demands Briseis from Achilles as compensation.
www.sparknotes.com /lit/iliad/summary.html   (829 words)

  
 FictionPress.Com Story : Cassandra of Troy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"It's Cassandra, Chryseis, and if you wish to convey any messages from Helenus, I inform you, with all due respect, that you may not." Not once had Cassandra's blue eyes lifted from the text inscribed in the heavy tome.
Lord Helenus had warned her that his sister might be curt (she always was, when it came to her twin brother), but the young priestess hadn't been told how to deal with it.
Her father would be less than impressed when he discovered that Cassandra had been in possession of his prized volume of war tales - but then, it had been interesting.
www.fictionpress.com /read.php?storyid=1801796   (851 words)

  
 HoustonChronicle.com - Floating inn offers unusual overnight getaway
The Chryseis, floating home to the Stacia- Leigh B&B, was once owned by Benito Mussolini and appeared in at least four motion pictures.
Don't fret that you'll be sleeping in a run-down relic: Former Austin businessman Hicks and his wife, Bonnie, have equipped the vessel with modern furnishings and plumbing and individual room climate controls.
The Hickses considered several other boats before discovering the Chryseis two years ago in a shipyard near Daytona Beach, Fla. No one is certain how it arrived in North America, but years of neglect had taken a harsh toll.
www.chron.com /cs/CDA/evergreen.mpl/travel/tx/gulf/465525   (1278 words)

  
 Chryseis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek mythology, Chryseis ((A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek: Χρύσηίς, Khrysēís) was a (A native of ancient Troy) Trojan woman, the daughter of (Click link for more info and facts about Chryses) Chryses.
An (A shrine where an oracular god is consulted) oracle of Apollo then sends a plague sweeping through the Greek armies and Agamemnon is forced to give Chryseis back in order to end it.
A later Greek legend, preserved in (Click link for more info and facts about Hyginus) Hyginus' Fabulae, states that she had a son by Agamemnon.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ch/Chryseis.htm   (100 words)

  
 CHRYSEIS AND PELAEUS
The man Chryseis was fighting was tiring, and it was evident that she hadn't failed to notice.
Chryseis, her huge dark eyes becoming wet, started running across the battlefield toward them.
Chryseis ground her teeth; there was nothing she could do about it, not while she herself was under attack Reluctantly, she turned her attention back to the man who'd attacked her.
necrobabes.org /samiam/stories/chryseis.htm   (1413 words)

  
 SUMMARY OF HOMER'S THE ILLIAD. Essay Sample. Free term papers for college students
Chryseis and Briseis who were captured during a raid in Troy are awarded as 'war prizes' to Agamemnon and Achilles.
Chryseis is the daughter of Chryses which prays Apollo to help get back his daughter.
Apollo plagued the Achaians because Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis to her father.
www.essaysample.com /essay/002183.html   (1319 words)

  
 Cassandra's Diary.30
I'm not sure Chryseis understood it, but she listens when I told her that these histories would not necessarily work here, that there could be fundamental differences that could not be foreseen.
Portia said that Chryseis had gone to a meeting with some of the dissenting factions to gain a vote of confidence for her next Parliament appearance.
I learned that while she did not necessarily support the pure monarchy, she wasn't part of the plot to kill Chryseis nor did she have any knowledge of it.
home.comcast.net /~arrefmak/aedev/CASS30.htm   (7277 words)

  
 War. Always fun.
It opens after nine years of the war, in an argument between two head honchos in the Greek army, Agamemnon and Achilles.
Agamemnon refuses, though he does offer to trade Chryseis for Briseis, a girl taken by Achilles amidst the dividing.
Achilles agrees to the trade but decides that, because he has to compromise, he will no longer take part in the war.
www.angelfire.com /geek/melpomene217/Iliad.html   (551 words)

  
 RASNZ Occultation Section - Chryseis Occultation Update
OCCULTATION BY (202) CHRYSEIS - 2004 SEP 20
On 2004 Sep 20 UT, the 86 km diameter asteroid (202) Chryseis will occult a 6.2 mag star in the constellation Taurus for observers along a path across SE Australia, New Zealand.
In the case of an occultation, the combined light of the asteroid and the star will drop by 1.1 mag to 6.9 mag (the combined magnitude of the asteroid and the other component of the double star) for at most 5.3 seconds.
occsec.wellington.net.nz /planet/2004/updates/040920_202_2119_u.htm   (723 words)

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