Agamemnon
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Classical Mythology. a king of Mycenae, a son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus. He led the Greeks in the Trojan War and was murdered by Clytemnestra, his wife, upon his return from Troy.
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(italics) a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
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Etymology
Origin of Agamemnon
< Greek Agamémnon- (stem of Agamémnōn ), < *Agaménmon-, equivalent to aga- great + men- (truncation of Menelaus, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names
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Ritsa becomes a kind of babysitter to King Priam’s daughter Cassandra, as Agamemnon takes them all back to Greece.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024
This could include the 3,600 year old Mask of Agamemnon and the Kritios Boy.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023
This poem tells the story of the Trojan War, in which the Greek kingdoms, led by King Agamemnon of Mycenae, waged war against the city of Troy.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Point being, once the opera opens with the terrifying three-note slash marking the death of Agamemnon, Elektra’s grief needs to steadily ramp up, even as her grasp on reality breaks down.
From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2022
In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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