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Agamemnon

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Ag·a·mem·non  (g-mmnn, -nn)
n. Greek Mythology
The king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, who was the son of Atreus and the father of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. He was killed by his wife Clytemnestra upon his return from Troy.
Agamemnon [ˌægəˈmɛmnɒn]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy. On his return home he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus See also Menelaus
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Noun1.Agamemnon - (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
Translations
Agamemnon [ˌægəˈmemnən] N → Agamenón
Agamemnon [ˈægəˈmɛmnɒn] n → Agamennone m


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And Achilles answered, "Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his hand upon you, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth--no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost of the Achaeans.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
Then follow the incidents connected with the gathering of the Achaeans and their ultimate landing in Troy; and the story of the war is detailed up to the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon with which the "Iliad" begins.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
“Draw up in the quarry—draw up, thou king of the Greeks; draw into the quarry, Agamemnon, or I shall never be able to pass you.
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