布里塞伊斯

Bùlǐsàiyīsī

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Meanings

1 Briseis (Greek mythology)
2 the captive woman whose seizure by Agamemnon triggers Achilles' wrath in the Iliad

Characters

phonetic "Bri-"; literally "cloth"

phonetic "-i-"; literally "inside"

phonetic "-sei-"; literally "frontier"

phonetic "-i-"; literary pronoun

Examples

布里塞伊斯是《伊利亚特》中阿喀琉斯的战利品。

Bùlǐsàiyīsī shì 《Yīlìyàtè》 zhōng Ākāliúsī de zhànlìpǐn.

Briseis is Achilles' war prize in the Iliad.

阿伽门农抢走布里塞伊斯,引发了阿喀琉斯的愤怒。

Āgāménnóng qiǎngzǒu Bùlǐsàiyīsī, yǐnfā le Ākāliúsī de fènnù.

Agamemnon's seizure of Briseis sparked the wrath of Achilles.

Tips

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In Homer's 《伊利亚特》 (Iliad), Briseis is the Trojan princess captured by Achilles (阿喀琉斯). When Agamemnon (阿伽门农) takes her away, Achilles withdraws from battle in fury — this is the inciting event of the entire poem. Played by Rose Byrne in the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film 《特洛伊》 (Troy). Five characters because Greek 'Briseis' has many syllables: 布 (Bu-) + 里 (-li-) + 塞 (-sei-) + 伊 (-i-) + 斯 (-s).

Stroke Order

布 bù

里 lǐ

塞 sāi

伊 yī

斯 sī