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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, who was the son of Atreus and the father of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. He was killed by his wife Clytemnestra upon his return from Troy.
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- proper noun Greek mythology One of the most distinguished
heroes ofGreek mythology . He is the son of King Atreus ofMycenae and Queen Aerope, and brother of Menelaus. He is attributed withrallying theGreeks for the Trojan War
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- noun (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
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Examples
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Suddenly catching the name Agamemnon, Tom turned his attention to Andy.
MOONSHINER’S SON CAROLYN REEDER 1993
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Suddenly catching the name Agamemnon, Tom turned his attention to Andy.
MOONSHINER’S SON CAROLYN REEDER 1993
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Agamemnon is now General Ezra Mannon, Clytemnestra is his second wife Christine, Orestes is his son Orin, and Electra is his daughter Lavinia.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Agamemnon is now General Ezra Mannon, Clytemnestra is his second wife Christine, Orestes is his son Orin, and Electra is his daughter Lavinia.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Agamemnon is far from the hero or even the main character in the Iliad.
Lieutenants, sergeants, squires, free-lances, and the hero-king 2008
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But, in short, Agamemnon did not annul, but only explain the challenge proposed by Hector.
Symposiacs 2004
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But, in short, Agamemnon did not annul, but only explain the challenge proposed by Hector.
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But I suspect that Aeschylus, a believer in the mystic meaning of names, took the name Agamemnon to be a warning that [Greek: Aga mimnei],
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911
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They could still apply to the Encyclopædia, even if it were not in Agamemnon's alphabetical course.
The Peterkin Papers Lucretia Peabody 1886
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Elizabeth Eliza proposed that they should be taken from school and taught by Agamemnon from the Encyclopædia.
The Peterkin Papers Lucretia Peabody 1886
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