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AgamemnonAgamem′non
King of Argos, in Greece, and commander-in-chief of the
allied Greeks who went to the siege of Troy. The fleet being delayed by
adverse winds at Aulis, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to
Diana, and the winds became at once favourable. —Homer's Iliad.
Till Agamemnon's daughter's blood.
Appeased the gods that them withstood.
—Earl of Surrey.
His brother was Menelaos.
His Daughters were Iphigenia, Electra, Iphianassa, and
Chrysothemis (Sophocles).
He was Grandson of Pelops.
He was killed in a bath by his wife Clytemnestra, after his
return from Troy.
His son was Orestes, who slew his mother for murdering his
father, and was called Agamemnònides.
His wife was Clytemnestra, who lived in adultery with
Egistheus. At Troy he fell in love with Cassandra, a daughter of King
Priam.
Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona
(“there are hills beyond Pentland, and fields beyond Forth”)
i.e., we are not to suppose that our own age or locality
monopolises all that is good. —Hor. Od. iv. 9, 25. We might
add, et post Agamemnona vivent.
Great men there lived ere Agamemnon came,
And after him will others rise to fame.
—E.C.B.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Agamemnon from Infoplease:
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