When Achilles would draw his sword to slay Agamemnon, Athena, invisible to all else, holds him back by a lock of hair. Here Homer shows us the gods as the psychology of ancient Greece.
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Agamemnon
//ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn//
Synonyms for "agamemnon" (1 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ἀγαμέμνων name (Greek hero)
Armenian
1 entries- Ագամեմնոն name (Greek hero)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 阿伽門農 /阿伽门农 name (Greek hero)
Danish
1 entries- Agamemnon name (Greek hero)
Etruscan
1 entries- 𐌀𐌗𐌌𐌄𐌌𐌓𐌖𐌍 class animate name (Greek hero)
French
1 entries- Agamemnon name (Greek hero)
Greek
2 entries- Αγαμέμνονας name (Greek hero)
- Αγαμέμνων name (Greek hero)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Agamemnoni name (Greek hero)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐊᒐᒥᒻᓄᓐ name (Greek hero)
Italian
1 entries- Agamennone name (Greek hero)
Japanese
2 entries- アガメムノン name (Greek hero)
- アガメムノーン name (Greek hero)
Korean
1 entries- 아가멤논 name (Greek hero)
Old Armenian
1 entries- Ագամեմնոն name (Greek hero)
Polish
1 entries- Agamemnon name (Greek hero)
Portuguese
4 entries- Agamemnon name (Greek hero)
- Agamenon name (Greek hero)
- Agamenão name (Greek hero)
- Agamêmnon name (Greek hero)
Russian
1 entries- Агаме́мнон name (Greek hero)
Spanish
1 entries- Agamenón name (Greek hero)
Swedish
1 entries- Agamemnon name (Greek hero)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Агаме́мнон name (Greek hero)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
And among them rose the hero son of Atreus, wide-ruling Agamemnon, lamenting: his blackened heart brimming over with rage, and his eyes like blazing fires.
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The greatest warrior of his time, 3,000 years ago, fights on the side of the Greek king Agamemnon in a war against the walled city of Troy and its forces led by Trojan prince Hector.
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