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Agamemnon

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1. Agamemnon - Noun

2. Agamemnon - Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War

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Abraham couldn't understand how sacrificing Isaac would be a good gift while Agamemnon was certain that sacrificing Iphigenia would be a good gift to the Greek state. Source: Internet

Aeschylus (1986), Choephori; introduction by A. F. Garvie, Oxford U. P., p. x In some later versions Clytemnestra herself does the killing, or they act together as accomplices, killing Agamemnon in his own home. Source: Internet

After learning from the Prophet Calchas that the plague could be dispelled by returning Chryseis to her father, Agamemnon reluctantly agreed and released his prize. Source: Internet

Achilles rejects all Agamemnon offers him, and simply urges the Greeks to sail home as he was planning to do. Source: Internet

Agamemnon agreed and sent emissaries to all the Achaean kings and princes to call them to observe their oaths and retrieve Helen. Source: Internet

Achilles was absent during these encounters because of his feud with Agamemnon. Source: Internet

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