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In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (/ æ ɡ ə ˈ m ɛ m n ɒ n /; Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War.He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Iphigenia, Iphianassa, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. [1]
Sep 25, 2024 · Agamemnon, in Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. He was the son (or grandson) of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and his wife Aërope and was the brother of Menelaus. After Atreus was murdered by his nephew Aegisthus (son of Thyestes), Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta, whose daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, they ...
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He descends by an inner stairway. The chorus of Argive Elders enters. 40 This is now the tenth year since the mighty plaintiff [anti-dikos] against Priam, King Menelaos, and with him King Agamemnon, the both of them linked by Zeus in honor [tīmē] of throne and scepter, that steady pair of Atreus’ sons, launched from this land [of Argos] 45 ...
Sep 18, 2018 · Agamemnon was the legendary king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer 's Illiad. Agamemnon is a great warrior but also a selfish ruler who famously upset his invincible champion Achilles, a feud that prolonged the war and suffering of his men. Agamemnon is a hero from Greek mythology but there are no historical ...
- Mark Cartwright
- Agamemnon is known as the king of Mycenae in Greek mythology and leader of the Greek army which attacked Troy in the Trojan War.
- Agamemnon was a courageous leader but his selfish pride caused a feud with his best warrior Achilles during the Trojan War, an action that meant th...
- King Agamemnon is a figure from Greek mythology and epic literature. There are no historical records of a ruler of Mycenae by that name.
- King Agamemnon did quite a few bad things. He upset Artemis when he boasted he was a better hunter than the goddess and then, in some texts, sacrif...
The IliadAgamemnon. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army, resembles Achilles in some respects. Though not nearly as strong, he has a similarly hot temper and prideful streak. When Agamemnon’s insulting demand that Achilles relinquish his war prize, Briseis, causes Achilles to withdraw angrily from battle, the ...
Further, if Agamemnon’s speech does include a tradition-based “suggestion of retreat,” one should, I suggest, also compare Iliad 2 with a scene from the Odyssey and suggest resonance. In presenting Agamemnon’s testing of the troops, the Iliad poet may also have had in mind the “suggestion of retreat” found in the Odyssean episode of Helen and the wooden horse.
Menelaus led it and Agamemnon, Zeus-set on twin thrones and twin-sceptred, twin-yoked in honour as Atreus's sons: launched here a fleet of a thousand destroyers packed out with warriors, a military task-force off from this land: calling the war-god great in their fury, screaming like eagles at peak of grief's ecstasy 50 over their young:
