Book 1 sued marraige

For Chryses sought with costly gifts to gain
His captive daughter from the victor's chain.
Suppliant the venerable father stands;
Apollo's awful ensigns grace his hands
By these he begs; and lowly bending down,
Extends the sceptre and the laurel crown
He sued to all, but chief implored for grace
The brother-kings, of Atreus' royal race46

Here the father of the now captive daughters who were in the hands of achielis And Agamemnon suppliant fought to rid the Greeks from their kingdom.  Appolo’s sign marked his hand and blessed some of his endevours, the suppliance proved he was not trying to find freedom from the victors but the fair treatment of the daughters.
The chreses divinely postulating a peaceful end to this delema.  As a father he begs and as suppliant he lowers himself to proper stature.  His se[tre and powers as ruler was at the disposal of the victors , so this battle was over a marriage and not political power.  The offer of political power through proper cannels is not as permanate as having the victors wed in.  He was imploring the brother kings as autreas’ royal race, infact they were of the same line.  Though as a legal suppliant client of the alliance led by Agamemnon and Achilles he used every proper channel to sue the victor, or use the system to free his daughter from this marriage and wedding alliance.