- In Gr**** mythology,
Lyrnessus (/lərˈnɛsəs/;
Ancient Gr****: Λυρνησσός) was a town or city in
Dardania (Asia minor),
inhabited by Cilicians. It was closely...
-
three full
brothers who died in the sack of
Lyrnessus. In the Iliad, when
Achilles led the ****ault on
Lyrnessus during the
Trojan War, and slew
several of...
-
Thebe or in
Lyrnessus where she was
taken as
prisoner by the Achaeans.
According to some, she was the wife of Eetion, king of
Lyrnessus (usually described...
- daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis. Mynes, king of the city of
Lyrnessus which was
sacked by Achilles, who
there captured his wife, Briseis. Mynes...
- of view of Briseis. The plot
begins when Gr****s led by
Achilles sack
Lyrnessus,
describing the
looting and
burning of the city, the m****acre of its men...
- have been a Lelegian.
Other sources say that
Briseus was a
priest of
Lyrnessus.
According to
Dictys Cretensis,
Briseus hanged himself when he lost his...
- Endium, and Linaeum, and Colone. He took also
Hypoplacian Thebes and
Lyrnessus, and
further Antandrus, and many
other cities.
Kakrides comments that...
- boar hunt and the
quest for the
Golden Fleece Briseis, a
princess of
Lyrnessus,
taken and
given to
Achilles as a war
prize Caeneus,
formerly Caenis,...
-
attacked the
cattle of Aeneas,
sacked neighbouring cities (like
Pedasus and
Lyrnessus,
where the Gr****s
capture the
queen Briseis) and
killed Tenes, a son of...
- Thetis)
arguing over Briseis, a
woman married to
Mynes (son of the king of
Lyrnessus). She was
kidnapped and
enslaved by Achilles.
After initially refusing...
