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Chyseis is taken from her father and brought to the Greek Agamemnon.
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Eris, the goddess of discord, had not been invited, however. She threw, in spite, a golden apple into the midst of the goddesses that was to be awarded only "to the fairest." In most interpretations, the award was made during the Judgement of Paris and eventually occasioned the Trojan War.
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Paris, Prince of Troy, must choose which god is the fairest. He chooses Aphrodite because she promises him the most beautiful woman in the world.
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His wife, Helen, was the most beautiful women in the world.
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Helen was already married to King Menelaus of Sparta (a fact Aphrodite neglected to mention), so Paris had to raid Menelaus's house to steal Helen from him (according to some accounts, she fell in love with Paris and left willingly).
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He calls for the Greek army to go to Troy and bring her back.
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dysseus pretended to be crazy. He put on torn clothes, and tried to sow the land with salt, while plowing the fields with a goat and an ox
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The strife began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return, the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy.
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Apollo attacks the Greeks for Chyseis's father. Achilles tells Agamemnon to give back Chryseis.
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In Greek Mythology, Briseis, a daughter of Briseus, was a princess of Lyrnessus. Briseis was said to have had golden long hair, blue eyes, and fair skin and she was considered to be very beautiful and clever.
