Ἀγαμέμνων :
Agamemnon, son of Atreus and grandson of Tantalus;
his wife, Clytaemnestra, Il. 1.113 f.;
his children, Orestes, Chrysothemis, Laodice, and Iphianassa, cf.
Il. 2.104, Il. 9.287. King of Mycēnae, likewise ruler over
‘many islands and all Argos,’ Il. 2.108. His wealth in ships, Il. 2.576, 610-614. Epithets, δῖος, κρείων, εὐρυκρείων, ἄναξ ἄνδρῶν, ποιμὴν
λα_ῶν. His stature, Il.
3.166, 178, Il. 2. 477-483; ἀριστεία_, ‘exploits,’ Il. 11.91-661; honor accorded to him,
Il. 23.887; sceptre, Il. 2.104; his return from Troy, Od. 3.143 ff., 156, 193 ff., 234 f.; his death at the hands of
Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra, his wife, Od.
3.248 ff., Od. 4.91, 512-537, 584, l 387-463, Od. 24.20-97.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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