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Chryseis
Father to enslaved 15-year-old Chryseis, the Trojan priest of Apollo ventures into the Greek war camp to ransom his daughter from Greek high commander Agamemnon, who has enslaved her. After Agamemnon refuses the priest’s ransom, threatens him, and publicly humiliates him, the priest of Apollo leaves the camp in terror—but Briseis overhears him praying to Apollo to punish the Greeks with plague. Briseis, inspired, begins praying for plague to kill the Greeks too. Afterward, plague does strike the Greek camp, and Achilles pressures Agamemnon to return Chryseis to her father.
The Priest of Apollo Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by The Priest of Apollo or refer to The Priest of Apollo . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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Everybody in the arena was moved by the old man’s tears—and by the size of the ransom he’d brought with him. Sentiment and greed—the Greeks love a sentimental story almost as much as they love gold.
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Chapter 15
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“None of that gives him the right to take another man’s prize of honour. It doesn’t belong to him; he hasn’t earnt it.”
There was a lot more, but I’d stopped listening. Honour, courage, loyalty, reputation—all those big words being bandied about—but for me there was only one word, one very small word: it.
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The Priest of Apollo Quotes in The Silence of the Girls
The The Silence of the Girls quotes below are all either spoken by The Priest of Apollo or refer to The Priest of Apollo . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
Everybody in the arena was moved by the old man’s tears—and by the size of the ransom he’d brought with him. Sentiment and greed—the Greeks love a sentimental story almost as much as they love gold.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 15
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“None of that gives him the right to take another man’s prize of honour. It doesn’t belong to him; he hasn’t earnt it.”
There was a lot more, but I’d stopped listening. Honour, courage, loyalty, reputation—all those big words being bandied about—but for me there was only one word, one very small word: it.
