person
Agamemnon
Commander-in-chief of the Greeks, brother of Menelaus and one of the two 'sons of Atreus'; in the central debate he opposes Pyrrhus's demand for Polyxena's blood, urging restraint in victory.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §37 Agamemnon
King of Mycenae and commander of the Greek host at Troy; the returning victor murdered by his wife.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §7.66.26 Agamemnon
King of Mycenae and commander of the Greek host at Troy; set against Ulysses as the type of the great and powerful kingdom, to make the point that attachment is to one's own, not to the greater.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §104.31 Atreus' son
Agamemnon, son of Atreus and leader of the Greek host at Troy.
- Octavia §829 son of Atreus
Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks at Troy, undone in part by his seizure of a captive woman.
- Thyestes §323 Agamemnon
Son of Atreus and future commander of the Greeks at Troy; Atreus would test his sons' loyalty in the plot.
- The Trojan Women §147 the two sons of Atreus
The Atridae, Agamemnon and Menelaus, the chief Greek commanders; Agamemnon leads the host.