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round-faced, grey-eyed, perfect, somewhat fair, somewhat snub-nosed, being 22 years old, a virgin; he came, having brought everything from Lesbos to the army of the Hellenes. And then, setting out again, he went forth to the Euxine Pontus, and he lays waste the country, plundering, and he takes the city of Lyrnessus, and he kills its ruler, King Eetion, and he takes his wife captive, Astynome, the daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo, she who was renamed Chryseis, and his wealth and that of the country, and he brings them to the ships; and this same Astynome, also called Chryseis, was slender, delicate, white-skinned, fair-haired, with a well-formed nose, small-breasted, being 19 years old. And he also killed the army which Eetion had urged on, of the so-called Cilicians who had come to his alliance and that of the Trojans. And setting out from there, he comes against the children of Brises, who was a cousin of Priam, in the city called Legos; and having plundered all its country, he remains be 101 sieging the city and kills many men and takes the city and the daughter of Brises captive, Hippodameia, she who was renamed Briseis, being the wife of Menetes, king of the city of Legos, having killed her brothers, Andros and Thyantes. But Menetes, the husband of Hippodameia, also called Briseis, was not in the same city of Legos, but had gone away to urge help for an alliance of Phrygians from Lycia and Lycaonia. This King Menetes arrived immediately with the help of the Lycians and Lycaonians after his country had been taken by Achilles, along with the city and his wife Hippodameia, also called Briseis. And he did not yield, but immediately, despite the fatigue of the journey, joining battle with those with him, he fought bitterly with Achilles, until he was struck by a spear by a certain Eurytion, one of the commanders with Achilles of the army belonging to him, and all those with Menetes perished. And Hippodameia, also called Briseis, was tall, white-skinned, with beautiful breasts, well-robed, with meeting eyebrows, with a well-formed nose, large-eyed, having eyelids joined together, with curly hair, with long hair down her back, fond of laughter, being 21 years old. And when Achilles saw her, he desired her; and falling in love with her, he took and hid her in his own tent, not bringing her before the host of the Hellenes; but the treasures and Astynome Chryseis and all the rest he brought close to the champions and the army 102 and the kings. But when they all learned concerning the daughter of Brises, the wife of Menetes, that Achilles had hidden her with the finery she wore, they were grieved with him and were angered against him, because he had broken his oath on account of the love he had for her. And they all reviled him because he had hidden her, and having assembled in council, they prevented the same Achilles from attacking and taking cities and plundering countries, appointing others in his place, Teucer, the brother of Ajax son of Telamon, and Idomeneus. These men took Cyprus and Isauria and Lycia, having plundered and destroyed them. And Ajax son of Telamon, setting out, besieged the Thracians in the Chersonese and Polymestor their king. And Polymestor, fearing the man's strength, giving him much gold and grain for one year for the consumption of the Achaean army, and giving up the son of Priam who was youngest of all, Polydorus by name, who had been entrusted to him by Priam his father with much wealth; for Priam loved Polydorus, as the youngest of all, and as he was comely; for on this account he had entrusted him to another country, so that as a child he might not be distressed, hearing of wars; the same Polymestor made a written treaty with Ajax not to ally with Priam. and from there

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στρογγυλόψις, γλαυκή, τελεία, ὑπόξανθος, ὑπόσιμος, οὖσα ἐνιαυτῶν κβʹ, παρθένος· ἦλθε κομίσας τὰ ἐκ Λέσβου πάντα εἰς τὸν στρατὸν τῶν Ἑλλήνων. καὶ λοιπὸν ὁρμήσας πάλιν ἐξῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν Εὔξεινον πόντον, καὶ ἀφανίζει τὴν χώραν πραιδεύων, καὶ παραλαμβάνει τὴν Λυρνησὸν πόλιν, καὶ φονεύει κρατοῦντα αὐτῆς τὸν Ἠετίωνα βασιλέα, καὶ λαμβάνει τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ αἰχμάλωτον, τὴν Χρύσου θυγατέρα, ἱερέως Ἀπόλλωνος, Ἀστυνόμην, τὴν μετακληθεῖσαν Χρυσηίδα, καὶ τὸν αὐτοῦ πλοῦτον καὶ τῆς χώρας, καὶ ἄγει εἰς τὰς ναῦς· ἦν δὲ ἡ αὐτὴ Ἀστυνόμη ἡ καὶ Χρυσηὶς κονδοειδής, λεπτή, λευκή, ξανθόκομος, εὔρινος, μικρόμασθος, οὖσα ἐνιαυτῶν ιθʹ. ἐφόνευσε δὲ καὶ ὃν προετρέψατο στρατὸν ὁ Ἠετίων τῶν λεγομένων Κιλικίων τῶν ἐλθόντων εἰς συμμαχίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν Τρώων. κἀκεῖθεν ἐξορμήσας ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας Βρίσου, γενομένου ἐξαδέλφου Πριάμου, ἐν τῇ λεγομένῃ Λεγῷ πόλει· καὶ πραιδεύσας τὴν χώραν αὐτῆς πᾶσαν μένει πο 101 λιορκῶν τὴν πόλιν καὶ κτείνει πολλοὺς ἄνδρας καὶ παραλαμβάνει τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν Βρίσου θυγατέρα αἰχμάλωτον, τὴν Ἱπποδάμειαν, τὴν μετακληθεῖσαν Βρισηίδα, οὖσαν γυναῖκα τοῦ Μενέτου, βασιλέως τῆς Λεγοῦ πόλεως, ἀνελὼν τοὺς αὐτῆς ἀδελφούς, Ἄνδρον καὶ Θύαντα. ὁ δὲ Μενέτης, ὁ τῆς Ἱπποδαμείας τῆς καὶ Βρισηίδος ἀνήρ, οὐκ ἦν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει Λεγῷ, ἀλλὰ ἦν ἀπελθὼν προτρέψασθαι βοήθειαν εἰς συμμαχίαν Φρυγῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Λυκίας καὶ Λυκαονίας. ὅστις Μενέτης βασιλεὺς κατέφθασεν εὐθέως μετὰ τῆς βοηθείας τῶν Λυκίων καὶ Λυκαόνων μετὰ τὸ παραληφθῆναι τὴν αὐτοῦ χώραν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως καὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα Ἱπποδάμειαν τὴν καὶ Βρισηίδα. καὶ οὐ παρεχώρησεν, ἀλλ' εὐθέως ἀπὸ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ὁδοῦ ἅμα τοῖς μετ' αὐτοῦ συμβαλὼν οὖν μάχεται μετὰ Ἀχιλλέως πικρῶς, ἕως ἐβλήθη δόρατι ὑπὸ Εὐρυτίωνός τινος τῶν ὄντων μετὰ Ἀχιλλέως ἐξάρχων τοῦ διαφέροντος αὐτῷ στρατοῦ, καὶ ἀπώλοντο οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ τοῦ Μενέτου πάντες. ἡ δὲ Ἱπποδάμεια ἡ καὶ Βρισηὶς ἦν μακρή, λευκή, καλλίμασθος, εὔστολος, σύνοφρυς, εὔρινος, μεγαλόφθαλμος, κεχολλαϊσμένα ἔχουσα βλέφαρα, οὐλόθριξ, ὀπισθόκομος, φιλόγελως, οὖσα ἐνιαυτῶν καʹ. ἥντινα ἑωρακὼς ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐπόθησε· καὶ πεσὼν εἰς ἔρωτα αὐτῆς, λαβὼν ἀποκρύβει αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ παπυλεῶνι, μὴ ἀγαγὼν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἑλλήνων· τὰ δὲ χρήματα καὶ τὴν Ἀστυνόμην Χρυσηίδα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἄλλα ἤγαγεν ἔγγιστα τῶν προμάχων καὶ τοῦ στρα 102 τοῦ καὶ τῶν βασιλέων. Γνόντες δὲ πάντες διὰ τὴν Βρίσου θυγατέρα, γυναῖκα δὲ τοῦ Μενέτου, ὅτι ἀπέκρυψεν αὐτὴν ὁ Ἀχιλλεὺς μετὰ τοῦ ἐφόρει κοσμίου, ἐλυπήθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ὠργίσθησαν κατ' αὐτοῦ, διότι ἐπιώρκησε διὰ τὸν εἶχε πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔρωτα. καὶ πάντες ἐλοιδόρουν αὐτὸν ὅτι ἀπέκρυψεν αὐτήν, καὶ συναχθέντες ἐν κομβέντῳ ἐκώλυσαν τὸν αὐτὸν Ἀχιλλέα τοῦ ἐπιῤῥίπτειν καὶ παραλαμβάνειν πόλεις καὶ πραιδεύειν χώρας, ἄλλους ἀντ' αὐτοῦ καταστήσαντες τὸν Τεῦκρον, τὸν ἀδελφὸν Αἴαντος τοῦ Τελαμωνίου, καὶ τὸν Ἰδομενέα. οἵτινες παρέλαβον τὴν Κύπρον καὶ τὴν Ἰσαυρίαν καὶ τὴν Λυκίαν πραιδεύσαντες καὶ ἀπολέσαντες αὐτάς. ὁ δὲ Τελαμώνιος Αἴας ὁρμήσας τοὺς Θρᾳκοὺς τοὺς ἐν Χεῤῥονήσῳ ἐπολιόρκει καὶ τὸν Πολυμήστορα τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ Πολυμήστωρ φοβηθεὶς τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀλκήν, χρυσὸν αὐτῷ πολὺν δοὺς καὶ σῖτον ἑνὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ εἰς ἀνάλωμα τοῦ Ἀχαϊκοῦ στρατοῦ, καὶ ἔκδοτον δοὺς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Πριάμου τὸν μικρότερον πάντων, Πολύδωρον ὀνόματι, παρατεθέντα αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ Πριάμου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ χρημάτων πολλῶν· ἠγάπα γὰρ τὸν Πολύδωρον, ὡς μικρότερον πάντων, ὁ Πρίαμος, καὶ ὡς εὐπρεπῆ· διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ ἐν ἄλλῃ χώρᾳ αὐτὸν παρέθετο, ἵνα μὴ ὡς παιδίον ταράττηται, ἀκούων πολέμων· ποιήσας ὁ αὐτὸς Πολυμήστωρ συνθήκας μετὰ τοῦ Αἴαντος ἐγγράφως μὴ συμμαχεῖν Πριάμῳ. καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐκεῖθεν