Briseis

n. [希神]布里塞伊斯(荷马史诗《伊利亚特》中的美女,由Agamemnon从Achilles手中夺走)

发音

UK /bɹaɪˈsiːɪs/

别名

Briseida Briseide Briseïs

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A legendary figure who features in the Iliad; a princess granted as concubine to Achilles after the sacking of her city, Lyrnessus, before the beginning of the story.

    宗教 神话 哲学

    1993 [Random House (Knopf)], Tim Parks (translator), Roberto Calasso, The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmony, 1994, Random House (Vintage), page 90, And the Iliad was founded on a play of words, the substitution of a couple of letters in a name. Briseis, Chryseis. The bone of contention that triggers the poem is Briseis kallipárēos, Briseis “of the lovely cheeks”: Agamemnon wants her exchanged with, or substituted for, Chryseis kallipárēos, Chryseis “of the lovely cheeks." In Greek only two letters separate the two girls.

  2. 2.

    The minor planet 655 Briseïs.

    天文

词源

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Βρισηΐς (Brisēḯs, “daughter of Briseus/Brises”).

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