Ἀγαμέμνων
Ἀγαμέμνων, Agamemnon, lit. the very steadfast
- Agamemnon, Hom., etc.: Ἀγαμέμνονος δαίς, of a fatal feast, Eust. 1507.60:—also epith. of Zeus at Sparta, StaphylusHist. 10, Eust. 168.10.—Adj. Ἀγαμεμνόνεος, έα, εον, Hom., also Ἀγαμεμνόνειος, εία, ειον, and Ἀγαμεμνόνιος, ία, ιον, Pi., A.: Patron. Ἀγαμεμνονίδης, ου, ὁ,
- Agamemnonʼs son, Orestes, Od. 1.30, S. El. 182.
1 Agamenón
2 el Agamenón tít. de obras de Esquilo, A.A.,
3 como epít. de Zeus en Esparta
Ἀγαμέμνονα γοῦν τινα Δία ἐν Σπάρτῃ τιμᾶσθαι
- (ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν, βασιλεύς, δὶος, εὐρὺ κρείων, κλυτός, κοσμήτωρ λαῶν, κρείων, κύδιστος, πελώριος, ποιμὴν λαῶν).
- Patronymic Ἀτρεΐδης, Ἀτρεΐων.
- King of Mycenae and great suzerain of the Greeks.
- Son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, husband of Clytaemnestra, and father by her of Orestes-3, Chrysothemis, Laodice-2 and Iphianassa.
- Dismisses Chryses with menaces Il. 1.26;
- in the assembly summoned by Achilles abuses Calchas Il. 1.106,
- addresses Agamemnon and proposes to send back Chryseis 131,
- addresses him again and threatens to take Briseis from him 173,
- addresses Nestor 286;
- has a ship prepared to carry back Chryseis Il. 1.308,
- bids the people cleanse themselves 313,
- sends his heralds to bring away Briseis 320;
- Zeus sends Oneirus to beguile him Il. 2.8,
- he summons the council of chiefs and relates his dream 53,
- the sceptre bequeathed to him by Thyestes 107,
- addresses the assembly and counsels a return home 110,
- assents to the opposite counsel of Nestor 370,
- summons the host to the fight 441;
- enumeration of his followers Il. 2.569;
- described on the walls by Helen to Priam Il. 3.172;
- prays to Zeus and performs the oath-sacrifice Il. 3.276;
- sends for Machaon to see the wounded Menelaus Il. 4.193;
- goes round and inspects the host and the chiefs Il. 4.223;
- slays Adrestus-3 taken by Menelaus Il. 6.63;
- accepts Hector’s challenge, but does not get the lot Il. 7.162;
- refuses the proposals of the Trojan herald except as to the burning of the dead Il. 7.406;
- reproaches the Greeks retreating before Hector Il. 8.217;
- calls an assembly Il. 9.9,
- addresses it and again counsels a return home 17,
- reproved by Diomedes 32,
- in a gathering in his hut agrees, on the suggestion of Nestor, to placate Achilles 115,
- an embassy is dispatched accordingly 178, but returns unsuccessful 669;
- Agamemnon cannot sleep (Il. 10.1), goes to rouse Nestor and other chiefs 17;
- his ἀριστεία Il. 11.15,
- is wounded by Coon 248, but continues to fight 255, retires 280;
- with the other wounded chiefs encounters Nestor Il. 14.27,
- advises the launching of the ships 65,
- reproved by Odysseus 83,
- accepts the reproof 104;
- his speech in the assembly on the renunciation by Achilles of his wrath Il. 19.78,
- his oath about Briseis 258;
- receives the prize for spear-throwing without a contest Il. 23.884;
- etc.: after the taking of Troy advised, opposing Menelaus, delay in returning home in order to placate Athene Od. 3.141,
- remained accordingly 155;
- his death at the hands of Aegisthus Od. 1.32, 298, Od. 3.194, 234, 250, 303, Od. 4.519, Od. 11.384, 409, Od. 13.383, Od. 24.96 (see also Orestes-3);
- in the Shades Od. 11.387, Od. 24.19;
- etc.
- the very steadfast, name of the leader of the Greeks against Troy, Hom.
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…Ἕκτωρ δὲ προτὶ ἄστυ δύω κήρυκας ἔπεμπε καρπαλίμως ἄρνάς τε φέρειν Πρίαμόν τε καλέσσαι · αὐτὰρ ὃ Ταλθύβιον προΐει κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων νῆας ἔπι γλαφυρὰς ἰέναι, ἠδʼ ἄρνʼ ἐκέλευεν οἰσέμεναι · ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ οὐκ ἀπίθησʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ. Ἶρις δʼ…
Homer, Iliad
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…ὃ Ταλθύβιον προΐει κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων νῆας ἔπι γλαφυρὰς ἰέναι, ἠδʼ ἄρνʼ ἐκέλευεν οἰσέμεναι · ὃ δʼ ἄρʼ οὐκ ἀπίθησʼ Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ. Ἶρις δʼ αὖθʼ Ἑλένῃ λευκωλένῳ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν εἰδομένη γαλόῳ Ἀντηνορίδαο δάμαρτι, τὴν Ἀντηνορίδης εἶχε κρείων Ἑλικάων Λαοδίκην…
Homer, Iliad
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…πόλεμον δʼ οὐκ ἄμμε κελεύω δύμεναι · οὐ γάρ πως βεβλημένον ἐστὶ μάχεσθαι. τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων · Νέστορ ἐπεὶ δὴ νηυσὶν ἔπι πρυμνῇσι μάχονται, τεῖχος δʼ οὐκ ἔχραισμε τετυγμένον, οὐδέ τι τάφρος, ᾗ…
Homer, Iliad
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…πεζὸς δʼ ἕνδεκά φημι κατὰ Τροίην ἐρίβωλον · τάων ἐκ πασέων κειμήλια πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ ἐξελόμην, καὶ πάντα φέρων Ἀγαμέμνονι δόσκον Ἀτρεΐδῃ · ὃ δʼ ὄπισθε μένων παρὰ νηυσὶ θοῇσι δεξάμενος διὰ παῦρα δασάσκετο, πολλὰ δʼ ἔχεσκεν. ἄλλα…
Homer, Iliad
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…οἳ ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο. οὔ κεν ἀλήϊος εἴη ἀνὴρ ᾧ τόσσα γένοιτο οὐδέ κεν ἀκτήμων ἐριτίμοιο χρυσοῖο, ὅσσʼ Ἀγαμέμνονος ἵπποι ἀέθλια ποσσὶν ἄροντο. δώσει δʼ ἑπτὰ γυναῖκας ἀμύμονα ἔργα ἰδυίας Λεσβίδας, ἃς ὅτε Λέσβον ἐϋκτιμένην ἕλες αὐτὸς…
Homer, Iliad
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…θʼ ἵπποισι καὶ ἅρμασι κολλητοῖσι · πὰρ δέ οἱ ἑστήκει Σθένελος Καπανήϊος υἱός. καὶ τὸν μὲν νείκεσσεν ἰδὼν κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων, καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα · ὤ μοι Τυδέος υἱὲ δαΐφρονος ἱπποδάμοιο τί πτώσσεις, τί δʼ ὀπιπεύεις…
Homer, Iliad
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…κεν ἔλθῃς, ἦε θέω μετὰ σʼ αὖτις, ἐπὴν εὖ τοῖς ἐπιτείλω ; τὸν δʼ αὖτε προσέειπεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων, αὖθι μένειν, μή πως ἀβροτάξομεν ἀλλήλοιιν ἐρχομένω · πολλαὶ γὰρ ἀνὰ στρατόν εἰσι κέλευθοι. φθέγγεο δʼ ᾗ…
Homer, Iliad
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…διὰ δὲ στήθεσφιν ἔλασσεν · ἤριπε δʼ ἐξ ὀχέων, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ. τὸν δὲ μετʼ Ἀτρεΐδαι Ἀγαμέμνων καὶ Μενέλαος, τοῖσι δʼ ἐπʼ Αἴαντες θοῦριν ἐπιειμένοι ἀλκήν, τοῖσι δʼ ἐπʼ Ἰδομενεὺς καὶ ὀπάων Ἰδομενῆος Μηριόνης ἀτάλαντος…
Homer, Iliad
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…ζωστῆρα παναίολον, ἀλλὰ πολὺ πρὶν ἀργύρῳ ἀντομένη μόλιβος ὣς ἐτράπετʼ αἰχμή. καὶ τό γε χειρὶ λαβὼν εὐρὺ κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων ἕλκʼ ἐπὶ οἷ μεμαὼς ὥς τε λίς, ἐκ δʼ ἄρα χειρὸς σπάσσατο · τὸν δʼ ἄορι πλῆξʼ αὐχένα ,…
Homer, Iliad
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…κοσμήτορε λαῶν. ἔνθʼ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ αἰδεῖσθαί θʼ ἱερῆα καὶ ἀγλαὰ δέχθαι ἄποινα · ἀλλʼ οὐκ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ, ἀλλὰ κακῶς ἀφίει, κρατερὸν δʼ ἐπὶ μῦθον ἔτελλε · χωόμενος δʼ ὁ γέρων πάλιν ᾤχετο ·…
Homer, Iliad