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Agamemnon
[ ag-uh-mem-non, -nuhn ]
noun
- 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.
- (italics) a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
Agamemnon
/ ˌæɡəˈɛɒ /
noun
- 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
Agamemnon
- In classical mythology , the king who led the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War (see also Trojan War ). To obtain favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis and so came under a curse. After he returned home victorious, he was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Agamemnon1
< Greek éԴDz- (stem of éō ), < *éԳDz-, equivalent to aga- great + men- (truncation of Menelaus, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names
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The red carpet traces its origins back to 458 B.C., when it appeared in the Aeschylus play “Agamemnon.”
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