Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Briseis Returned: Her Lament for Patroclus (*Iliad* 19)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / reconciliation · Homeric — restitution of Briseis; her goos over Patroclus
• Ajax’s Speech in the Embassy (*Iliad* 9)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Embassy to Achilles · Homeric — Ajax’s blunt closing appeal

Characters in shared stories

• Ajax
• Briseis
• Captive women
• Hecuba
• Patroclus
• Thyestes