person
Chryses
the Homeric priest
The priest of Apollo in Iliad 1 who, his ransom refused, reminds the god of his faithful service and altars and so calls down the plague on the Greeks; Seneca's instance of reminding even the gods of one's services.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.25.4 that Homeric priest
Chryses, priest of Apollo in Iliad 1, who reminds the god of his faithful service and tended altars and so wins the plague upon the Greeks.