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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Ag•a•mem•non
(ag′ə mem′non, -nən),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythology[Class. Myth.]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.
- Literature(italics) a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus. Cf. Oresteia.
- *Agaménmon-, equivalent. to aga- great + men- (truncation of Menelaus, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names
- Greek Agamémnon- (stem of Agamémnōn),
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'Agamemnon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aegisthus
- Anaxibia
- Atreus
- Clytemnestra
- Electra
- Electra complex
- Iphianassa
- Iphigenia
- MacNeice
- Menelaus
- Oresteia
- Orestes
- Patroclus
- Thersites
- Trojan War
- be
- heroic age