Explore Briseis through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Briseis in a sentence
Briseis meaning
- 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.
- The minor planet 655 Briseïs.
Using Briseis
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The minor planet 655 Briseïs.
- In the example corpus, briseis often appears in combinations such as: and briseis.
Context around Briseis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Briseis
- In this selection, "briseis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chooses, steals, concubine, greene, jackson and wife stand out and add context to how "briseis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include achilles concubine briseis as his and agamemnon steals briseis the captured. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "briseis" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with briseis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Briseis wasn't the only sensation surrounding the 1876 Melbourne Cup. (11 words)
He was reconciled with Agamemnon and received Briseis back, untouched by Agamemnon. (12 words)
Tensions really boil over when Agamemnon steals Briseis, the captured priestess, from Achilles. (13 words)
Although she has been gifted with the power to grow any plant she chooses, Briseis Greene isn’t in control: Every time she’s near a plant, it grows unnaturally long roots or reaches a massive size. (37 words)
The outsider Briseis comfortably won by 1 length in the biggest field of all time, and in an extremely good time, so it is unlikely that the horses who perished could have beaten her. (34 words)
The sunglasses - which cocooned the eyes in an air-military manner, were inspired by Briseis, wife of Achilles (now that’s thrown you) - who was “virtually written out of Homer’s version”. (32 words)
Example sentences (13)
Both Peter St. Albans and Briseis have now become racing legends, and Briseis is regarded as one of the greatest mares foaled in Australia.
Although she has been gifted with the power to grow any plant she chooses, Briseis Greene isn’t in control: Every time she’s near a plant, it grows unnaturally long roots or reaches a massive size.
Briseis Jackson, 11, has been studying martial arts since she was 5 years old.
Tensions really boil over when Agamemnon steals Briseis, the captured priestess, from Achilles.
The sunglasses - which cocooned the eyes in an air-military manner, were inspired by Briseis, wife of Achilles (now that’s thrown you) - who was “virtually written out of Homer’s version”.
Agamemnon was forced to return Chryseis to end the plague, and took Achilles ' concubine Briseis as his own.
Angry at the dishonor of having his plunder and glory taken away (and as he says later, because he loved Briseis), Iliad 9.334–343.
Before 75,000 at Flemington Briseis, with St Albans in the saddle, comfortably won by 1 length in the biggest field of all time.
Briseis, ridden by what one writer termed a mere child, (in the Cup) captured a rare double, the Victoria Race Club Derby and the Melbourne Cup.
Briseis then went on to creat a record that is never likely to be equalled, winning the VRC Derby, the Melbourne Cup and the VRC Oaks in the space of six days.
Briseis wasn't the only sensation surrounding the 1876 Melbourne Cup.
He was reconciled with Agamemnon and received Briseis back, untouched by Agamemnon.
The outsider Briseis comfortably won by 1 length in the biggest field of all time, and in an extremely good time, so it is unlikely that the horses who perished could have beaten her.
Common combinations with briseis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: