Chryseis

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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Χρυσηΐς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. KRUY-SEH-EES(Classical Greek) krie-SEE-is(English)

Meaning & History

Patronymic derived from CHRYSES. In Greek legend she was the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo. After she was taken prisoner by the Greeks besieging Troy, Apollo sent a plague into their camp, forcing the Greeks to release her.