AGAMEMNON

ăˌgəmĕmˈnŏn, in Greek mythology, leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; king of Mycenae (or Argos). He and Menelaus were sons of Atreus and suffered the curse laid upon Pelops. Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and their children were Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes. To win favorable winds for the ships sailing against Troy, he sacrificed Iphigenia to Artemis and thus incurred the hatred of Clytemnestra. After arriving at Troy, he quarreled bitterly with Achilles over possession of the captive princess Briseis. Agamemnon was forced to yield the girl to Achilles after the latter withdrew, with his troops, from the war. On his return home, Agamemnon was treacherously murdered by Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. To avenge his death, Orestes and Electra killed their mother.

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books on: Agamemnon  - 3733 results

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Agamemnon in Performance 458 BC to AD 2004
Book by Fiona Macintosh, Pantelis Michelakis, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Aeschylus--Agamemnon, Aeschylus--Stage History
...phasis could and did shift away from Agamemnon and on to other characters: Orestes...Ewbank, Chapter 3). Before 458 sc, Agamemnon was not a dramatic text at all. It was...leader of the Greek army in Troy. I This Agamemnon of epic and lyric poetry and of archaic...
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The Oresteia
Includes: Agamemnon; Libation Bearers; Eumenides
Book by Alan Shapiro, Peter Burian, Aeschylus; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Aeschylus--Translations Into English, Agamemnon (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Electra (Greek Mythology)--Drama, Orestes (Greek Mythology)--Drama
...describe the day of Agamemnons death, Agamemnon , 1814 /1577, ironically suggests a...Bearers is no different from that in Agamemnon. The play reveals this in any number...the Chorus repeats the great lesson of Agamemnon : Who does shall suffer ( 360 /313...
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Ancient Mycenae: the Capital City of Agamemnon
Book by George E. Mylonas; Princeton University Press, 1957
Subjects: Mycenae (Extinct City)
...Pelopid dynasty down to the days of Agamemnon. 9 Atreus was succeeded by his brother Thyestes, and he in turn by Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek expedition...reached its zenith in the days of Agamemnon. The picture preserved in the Iliad...
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Agamemnon - Vol. 2
Book by Eduard Fraenkel, Aeschylus; Clarendon Press, 1950
Subjects: Drama
From 184 onwards Agamemnon takes the foremost place Ferrari...general rule Verrall . In other words: Agamemnon does not behave as others in corresponding...towards the seer concerned, e.g. Agamemnon in the Iliad A 106 : + , + , 2 or Hector...
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Three Greek Plays: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, the Trojan Women
Book by Edith Hamilton, Aeschylus, Euripides; W.W. Norton, 1937
Subjects: English Drama--Translations From Greek, Greek Drama--Translations Into English
...this--if not against your will-- AGAMEMNON My will, be sure, shall never be gainsayed...perhaps some vow fear drove you to? AGAMEMNON What I have said I mean if ever man did...Priam so have done, had he been victor? AGAMEMNON I do believe he would have walked on...
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Aeschylus' Pandora-Helen in the Agamemnon
Journal article by A. Doyle; Akroterion, 2009
Subjects: Ghosts, Greek mythology, Soldiers
...Aeschylus Pandora-Helen in the Agamemnon. by A. Doyle Introduction The phantom of Helen haunts the first play, Agamemnon. She is the most expensive female...This article looks at Helen in Agamemnon as Aeschylus own Pandora. First...
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Katherine Anne Porter's "The Old Order" and 'Agamemnon.'
Journal article by P. Jane Hafen; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 31, 1994
Subjects: Aeschylus--Influence, Family in literature--Analysis, Porter, Katherine Anne--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Old Order (Book)--Sources
...Katherine Anne Porters "The Old Order" and Agamemnon. by P. Jane Hafen Katherine Anne Porters...allusion to Aeschylus, Greek tragedy, Agamemnon. In Porters story Miranda observes...wrapped in a thin scarlet veil. (366) In Agamemnon the chorus recites a similar image of...
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There Were Great Men before Agamemnon
Journal article by William R. Casto; Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 62, 2009
Subjects: American history, Constitutions, Iredell, James (1751-99), Judges & magistrates, Judicial reviews, Judiciary, Personal profiles, Sovereignty, United States
There Were Great Men before Agamemnon by William R. Casto vixere fortes ante Agamemnona multi; sed...immensely important issue, he is greater than John Marshall, our Agamemnon.13 If James Iredells explanation of judicial review is superior...
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Geochemical Constraints on Kaolinization in the St Austell Granite, Cornwall, England
Journal article by Agamemnon Psyrillos, David A. C Manning, Stuart D. Burley; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 155, 1998
Subjects: Chemistry, England, Geology
Geochemical Constraints on Kaolinization in the St Austell Granite, Cornwall, England by Agamemnon Psyrillos , David A. C Manning , Stuart D. Burley Kaolinization of permeable quartz-feldspar rocks is a process of considerable...
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Homer for the Court of Francois I
Journal article by Marian Rothstein; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Greek literature--Translations and translating, Homer (Greek poet)--Works, Translations--Analysis, Translations--History
...diviner," "Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon," "Vulcan serves as wine-steward...marginalia frequently note the speaker: "Agamemnon to the Trojans," "Chryses prayer to...clearly in the treatment of Hector and Agamemnon. The French text presents Hector primarily...
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magazine articles on: Agamemnon  - 126 results

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Ancient Greek Tales for Today
Magazine article by Irene Waters; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, June 2001
Subjects: Gods, Greek--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greece--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greeks--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Theater--History
...Tyndareus also took his brothers sons, Agamemnon and Menelaus, into his care after their...still goes on today. There is murder. Agamemnon kills Clytemnestras husband and child...Aegisthus seduces Clytemnestra and when Agamemnon returns, in love with his war prize...
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Blood Relations
Magazine article by Scott T. Cummings; American Theatre, Vol. 12, February 1995
Subjects: Greek drama (Tragedy)--Production and direction, Rochaix, Francois--Production and direction, The Oresteia (Theater)--Production and direction
...the prosecution of Orestes, son of Agamemnon, for the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra...Rochaix came to stage a workshop of Agamemnon and The Libation Bearers with students...Zuber for Clytemnestras reunion with Agamemnon; in the billowing red silk-carpet...
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Faded Virtues
Magazine article by Brooke Allen; New Criterion, Vol. 26, November 2007
Subjects: Dividing the Estate (Play)--Theater reviews, Iphigenia 2.0 (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...stories of the brutal Bronze Age warlord Agamemnon have proved peculiarly inspiring: from...idiosyncratic versions of Aeschyluss Agamemnon and Euripidess Iphigenia at Aulis, The...implied) and the cast includes not only Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Achilles--the officers...
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The Victims and the Furies in American Courts
Magazine article by Michael Cohen; The Humanist, Vol. 66, January 2006
Subjects: Capital punishment--Evaluation, Crime victims--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Crime--Evaluation, Crime--United States, Victims of crimes--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...three plays, the returning Greek king, Agamemnon, is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra...way out of the cycle of revenge. For Agamemnon and his house--as for any society...Aeschylus expresses this brutal constraint in Agamemnon, the first play of the trilogy, with...
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Graveyard of the German Liners
Magazine article by Robert T. McLaren; Sea Classics, Vol. 36, August 2003
...On 5 September, she became the USS Agamemnon. Between October 1917 and August 1919, the Agamemnon made 19 round trips between the United...renamed US Lines in August 1921. The Agamemnon made a few more transatlantic crossings...
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newspaper articles on: Agamemnon  - 179 results

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Blood Set to Flow at Castle Once Again; PREVIEW: The Golden Masque of Agamemnon, Abergavenny Castle
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 16, 2010
...Once Again; PREVIEW: The Golden Masque of Agamemnon, Abergavenny Castle. THE picturesque grounds...for young actors. The Golden Masque of Agamemnon by John Wiles brings together all the Agamemnon stories in a way that makes them challenging...
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An Ancient Hero Whose Mask Has Slipped
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 26, 2006
Subjects: Agamemnon (Play)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Slipped. Byline: TOM HOLLAND The Tomb Of Agamemnon Cathy Gere Profile pounds sterling15...second fabled city: Mycenae, capital of Agamemnon, the High King who was supposed, according...gazed, he proclaimed, upon the face of Agamemnon. The best-preserved of the two gold...
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Greece's Past Awaits in High, Remote Places
Newspaper article by Judith Kreiner; The Washington Times, March 25, 2000
...Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus killed King Agamemnon at a banquet honoring his return from...Clytemnestra throwing a boar net over Agamemnon as he relaxed in his bath, hampering...could run him through with a boar spear. Agamemnon was the Greeks general, a warrior who...
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Area Houses Go Greek for Play Season
Newspaper article by Jayne M. Blanchard; The Washington Times, September 8, 2001
...setting), and Arena is presenting "Agamemnon and His Daughters." The theme continues...is present in Arena Stages opener, "Agamemnon and His Daughters" (through Oct. 7...cycle of classic Greek tragedies - "Agamemnon," "Iphigeneia at Aulis" and "Iphigeneia...
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`Mouth': Words Fit
Newspaper article by Nelson Pressley; The Washington Times, June 11, 1998
Subjects: Leguizamo, John
...show hosted by a smooth Latino named Agamemnon in John Leguizamos "Mambo Mouth...characters as diverse as the vain, suave Agamemnon and the jumpy, childish Loco Louie...moods are always well-defined. As Agamemnon, Mr. Mendez works the audience shamelessly...
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encyclopedia articles on: Agamemnon  - 23 results

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Agamemnon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGAMEMNON a g mem non, in Greek mythology, leader...suffered the curse laid upon Pelops . Agamemnon married Clytemnestra, and their children...possession of the captive princess Briseis. Agamemnon was forced to yield the girl to Achilles...
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Clytemnestra
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...her as the noble-minded wife of Agamemnon, persuaded to infidelity by the...vengeful. She was the mother by Agamemnon of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia...conspired with Aegisthus to murder Agamemnon on his return from the Trojan War...
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Iphigenia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...legend, daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. When the Greek ships were delayed...the Trojan War, Calchas informed Agamemnon that Artemis demanded the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia. Agamemnon reluctantly agreed, and, despite...
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Aeschylus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which the poet won first prize in 458. The three plays are Agamemnon, The Choephoroe (The Libation Bearers), and The Eumenides...considered by many to be the greatest Attic tragedy. Browning s Agamemnon is a poetic translation of the first play, and Eugene ONeill...
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Menelaus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...husband of Helen , father of Hermione , and younger brother of Agamemnon . When Paris, prince of Troy, abducted Helen, Menelaus...beginning the Trojan War . Menelaus, although subordinate to Agamemnon, took a prominent part in the war. After the fall of Troy...
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