单词 | Agamemnon |
释义 | Agamemnon /ag'euh mem"non, -neuhn/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a king of Mycenae, a son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus. He led the Greeks in the Trojan War and was murdered by Clytemnestra, his wife, upon his return from Troy. 2. (italics) a tragedy (458 B.C.) by Aeschylus. Cf. Oresteia. [ < Gk Agamémnon- (s. of Agamémnon), < *Agaménmon-, equiv. to aga- great + men- (truncation of MENELAUS, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names] |
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