AGAMEMNON


Meaning of AGAMEMNON in English

/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 .

[ Agamémnon- (s. of Agamémnon ), Agaménmon-, equiv. to aga- great + men- (truncation of MENELAUS, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .