What was the name of the daughter of Chryses taken by Agamemnon?

The daughter of Chryses taken by Agamemnon was Chryseis. In Homer’s Iliad, she is captured during an Achaean raid and awarded to Agamemnon as part of the war spoils. Her name literally identifies her as the daughter of Chryses; later writers also give her the personal name Astynome.

Chryses, a priest of Apollo, travels to the Greek camp to offer ransom for her release. Agamemnon rejects him, and Chryses prays to Apollo. The god answers by sending a plague against the Achaean army. After the prophet Calchas explains the cause, Agamemnon returns Chryseis to her father through Odysseus.

Her return does not end the conflict. Angry at losing his prize, Agamemnon seizes Briseis from Achilles. That act causes Achilles to withdraw from battle, making Chryseis’ story the immediate catalyst for the Iliad’s central quarrel. Briseis is therefore a common mix-up: she is Achilles’ captive, not Chryses’ daughter.