Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Chryses (mythology) 1.
Chryses (Χρύσης). 1. A son of Ardys and a priest of Apollo at Chryse. He was the father of Astynome (Chryseïs), and when he came to the camp of the Greeks, offering a rich ransom for the liberation of his daughter, he was treated by Agamemnon with harsh words. Chryses then prayed to Apollo for vengeance, and the god sent a plague into the camp of the Greeks, which did not cease raging until Calchas explained the cause of it, and Odysseus took Chryseïs back to her father. (Hom. Il. i. 10, &c.)