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![]() ![]() When Achilles leads a raiding party to Lyrnessos, Mynes foolishly opens the gate and rushes out to fight, only to be quickly slain by Achilles himself. But when war actually does come, Mynes’ father commands him to stay home and guard the city. When rumors of Greek raiding parties arrive and with war looming, Briseis and Mynes wed, and Briseis’ worst fears are confirmed when her husband brutalizes and demeans her. Briseis, like her mother before her, is the healing priestess of Kamrusepa and is betrothed to Mynes, the arrogant, hot-headed son of the king of Lyrnessos, ally of Troy. ![]() ![]() In Hand of Fire, Judith Starkston frees Briseis from the actions of Achilles and Agamemnon and gives her the power to become the heroine of her own story. ![]()
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