| 单词 | Agamemnon |
| 例句 | Again a woman was the reason, Chryseis, daughter of Apollo’s priest, whom the Greeks had carried off and given to Agamemnon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that the Greeks without Achilles were inferior to the Trojans, and he sent a lying dream to Agamemnon promising him victory if he attacked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a quarrel flared up between two Greeks, Achilles and Agamemnon, and for a time it turned the tide in favor of the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Calchas declared that Chryseis must be given back to her father, he had all the chiefs behind him and Agamemnon, greatly angered, was obliged to agree. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the way the story was first told: Agamemnon had been killed by his wife’s lover. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Agamemnon, who led the Greeks against Troy, belonged to it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Or: “They admit that Agamemnon was killed by Clytemnestra; yet despite this they say that I ought not to have avenged my father.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But half the army elected to stay behind with Agamemnon as their corps commander; the other half embarked and pulled away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Ajax saw himself disgraced and in a fit of furious anger he determined to kill Agamemnon and Menelaus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The two sons of Atreus, Agamemnon, the commander of the Greek forces at Troy, and Menelaus, the husband of Helen, ended their lives very differently. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z All applauded the advice and Agamemnon confessed that he had acted like a fool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So Agamemnon spoke to both armies, declaring that Menelaus was victor and bidding the Trojans give Helen back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Slant added that he hath known a cat named Agamemnon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her father came to beg for her release, but Agamemnon would not let her go. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Let them take the girl without fear for themselves, but hear him first while he swore before gods and men that Agamemnon would pay dearly for the deed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The original Russell Crowe-style method actor, it was said of him that he got so carried away playing Agamemnon that he ran through and killed a stagehand. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I do so,” Achilles answered, “even if you accuse Agamemnon himself.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And even as far away as Ithaka you’ve heard of Agamemnon—how he came home, how Aigisthos waited to destroy him but paid a bitter price for it in the end. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The wife of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, has all the foreground to herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no quarrel with Agamemnon himself, but Atreus, who had had the children slaughtered and placed on the banquet table for their father, was dead and vengeance could not reach him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So they tried to find some bit of hope, but at the bottom of their hearts they knew and dared not say aloud that vengeance was already there in the palace waiting for Agamemnon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore when Chryseis had been returned to her father, Agamemnon sent two of his squires to Achilles’ tent to take his prize of honor away from him, the maiden Briseis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When Troy fell, Agamemnon was the most fortunate of the victorious chieftains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tyndareus chose Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon, and made him King of Sparta as well. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The people flocked to the abandoned Greek camp to see the sights: here Achilles had sulked so long; there Agamemnon’s tent had stood; this was the quarters of the trickster, Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew too that she had not sent him away when the news of Agamemnon’s return reached her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the soul of Agamemnon, son of Atreus, in black pain forever, surrounded by men-at-arms who perished with him in Aigisthos’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the way our death came, Agamemnon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven long years, with Agamemnon dead, he held the people down, before the vengeance. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Agamemnon himself was all for giving up and sailing back to Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Du Bois is lampooned as Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard: “In limpid prose he told of the sufferings and privations of the downtrodden black workers with whose lives he was totally and thankfully unfamiliar.” Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” opens with a dispute between Achilles and his commanding general, Agamemnon, over two young women. In ‘The Silence of the Girls,’ Pat Barker Tells ‘The Iliad’ From a Woman’s Perspective 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Both women are vying for the role of Clytaemnestra, the queen who murders her husband, Agamemnon, and his new conquest, Cassandra. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Chieko Naito's Clytemnestra towers in her wheelchair, constantly attended by a nurse, as if her attempts to justify her murder of her husband, Agamemnon, are in danger of bringing on a seizure. Waiting for Orestes: Electra – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T11:52:13Z As Agamemnon leads Iphigenia to her doom, there is a — well, that’s as much as this reviewer will tell you. Review | Michael Kahn turns to a timeless play from ancient Greece to send off his career 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z But there is a chaos to the production that has nothing to do with the disorder of the little world it depicts, inside Clytemnestra’s Balkan Express Motel, where she and Agamemnon raised their children. ‘Balkan Bordello’ Review: A Tragic Tale Reborn for a Time of War 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Iphigenia in Aulis Outdoor staging of Euripides’ classic tragedy about Agamemnon’s decision to sacrifice his daughter on the eve of the Trojan War. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 3-10: 'Once' at South Coast Rep and more 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z We see Agamemnon being advised by spin doctors on how to sacrifice his young daughter, Iphigenia, as a propitiatory offering to the gods, with a minimum of physical mess and nasty public blowback. London Theater Journal: The Greeks All Over Again 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z She is never at rest: rocking as she stares straight ahead, her eyes wide open with laser focus on avenging her father, Agamemnon. Review: Two Sopranos Make an ‘Elektra’ Both Mythic and Human 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The play, staged this month and next in Berlin’s historic Volksbuehne, is an adaptation of Euripides’ 2,500-year-old story of a princess sacrificed by her father, the Greek King Agamemnon, to placate an angry goddess. Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The play is generous with its double perspective: Agamemnon is vacillating and cornered; Menelaus is selfish yet not heartless; and everyone would choose the easy way out if it were a viable option. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In Icke’s “Oresteia,” mirroring the violence is never the intention; we encounter the war only through the perspective of the family, more precisely through Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z When Agamemnon’s ghost steps out of the fog one night, like Hamlet’s restless father come to sic his son on the one who wronged him, more bloodshed quickly follows. ‘Balkan Bordello’ Review: A Tragic Tale Reborn for a Time of War 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Is this the deer whose killing so angered the goddess Artemis that she stilled the winds on which Agamemnon’s warships depend? ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z The play, staged this month and next in Berlin’s historic Volksbuehne, is an adaptation of Euripides’ 2,500-year-old story of a princess sacrificed by her father, the Greek King Agamemnon, to placate an angry goddess. Ancient Greek tragedy tells timeless story of Syrian flight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Women played vital roles in the “Iliad,” notably in that it was Helen’s abduction that caused the Trojan war and Briseis’s appropriation by Agamemnon that sent Achilles into his fatal sulk. Review | 3 great audiobooks for that long Thanksgiving drive 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The sight is horrifying, but much of the onlookers, myself included, quickly dispersed after Agamemnon left the room. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z In “Aulide,” Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter to appease the goddess Diana and thereby obtain favorable winds to speed the Greek fleet to Troy. Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z Mr. Campbell portrays both the general Agamemnon and the vain warrior Achilles with brooding tough-guy diction that appears to be in homage to the theatrical locutions of one Christopher Walken. Review: A Modern Makeover for ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The red carpet traces its origins back to 458 B.C., when it appeared in the Aeschylus play “Agamemnon.” Hey, That Red Carpet Isn’t Red! 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Agamemnon, son of Atreus, has become Ezra Mannon, the patriarch of a haunted, preternaturally dysfunctional clan. Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z At that point, Agamemnon pulls them apart and reveals Iphigenia’s fate. Dance Review: Rioult Dance New York, at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-07T20:28:49Z The liberties the playwright and director take with the trilogy — completed in about 2½ hours, with one intermission — include eliminating some characters, such as Aegisthus, Clytemnestra’s lover, who is implicated in Agamemnon’s death. Review | Michael Kahn turns to a timeless play from ancient Greece to send off his career 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Andrew Schroeder, in gripping form, projects Agamemnon’s stern exterior but also the torment that, concealed from the others, wracks the “king of kings.” Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z The play, a reworking of Euripides and Goethe by the Polish writer Joanna Bednarczyk, strives to reinterpret the character of Iphigenia, whose father, the Greek king Agamemnon, sacrifices her to appease a vengeful goddess. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great” explores 5,000 years of Greek history and culture through 550 artifacts selected from 22 museums throughout Greece. ‘Cult of Celebrity’ exhibition explores similarities between Shakespeare, Austen 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z But the lovers reconcile, and preparations for the wedding commence, until it becomes clear what Agamemnon must do. Review: In ‘Iphigénie en Aulide,’ a Daughter’s Ultimate Sacrifice 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Hector Achilles Paris Agamemnon Shakespeare’s Richard III takes a blood path to the throne. Royal babies in literature - quiz 2013-07-24T12:31:36Z Nothing tops a scene of incredible violence in which her mother, Clytemnestra, kills Agamemnon to avenge her death. Review | Natalie Haynes’s ‘A Thousand Ships’ brilliantly reframes the Trojan War 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Spinella, on the other hand, seems to channel the grandeur of the conflict in his more august, less contemporary-inflected portrayals of figures like Agamemnon. Theater Review: ?An Iliad? at New York Theater Workshop 2012-03-08T03:00:16Z Agamemnon, Abraham and even literature’s most famous child killer, Medea, agonize over their choice, and ultimately bow to their duty to country, God or love. Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Our guide, Eva Andrikou, spun for us an abridged version of the bloody tale of King Agamemnon, his kin and comrades, as Homer describes in the Iliad. Savoring the mythic Aegean on a small-ship cruise in Greece 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Think of Lear staggering on with the body of his daughter, Agamemnon racing in on his chariot or Mary Tyrone drifting onstage in a morphine haze. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Making An Entrance 2012-07-05T16:52:58Z The Trojan War as seen from the perspective of the princess Briseis, captured by the Greek hero Achilles and then lost to Agamemnon. 50 notable works of fiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z When the play begins Agamemnon is agonizing over what to do. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The truth is that the prophet Calchas has determined that Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter to the goddess Artemis for the winds to change. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Many choose to follow one character throughout, like Agamemnon — the Greek commander who oversees the fall of Troy only to go back to Mycenae and be murdered by his wife. An Immersive Show Taps ‘an Oracle’ for a Spin on Greek Myth 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The army’s commander, Agamemnon, has indeed been commandeering prizes of war, reducing the fair share of others, as Thersites claims; he has also been collecting concubines, a topic Homer’s Thersites handles with discomfiting bluntness. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z She gave lectures on Euripides’ “Hecuba” and Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon” — two tragedies that form the core of the show — and attended rehearsals every day so that the cast could mine her knowledge. An Immersive Show Taps ‘an Oracle’ for a Spin on Greek Myth 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The great single-minded warriors of the Iliad are all dead — Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, etc. Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z With Agamemnon dead, she must contend with rebellious subjects, a conniving new lover and her surviving children, Orestes and Electra, who are definitely canceling their Mother’s Day plans. Colm Tóibín’s ‘House of Names’ gives voice to a furious mother 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The theater has been shocking audiences since Clytemnestra hacked Agamemnon to death in Aeschylus' tragedy. 'Taste' and 'Backyard' revel in gore and lack style 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z The central character in each opera is Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the subject of each opera is human sacrifice. Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z The great single-minded warriors of the Iliad are all dead - Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, etc. Greek crisis: An odyssey seen through ancient myth 2012-06-24T11:41:12Z The story claims body after body: first that of Iphigenia, a young maiden who is sacrificed by her father, Agamemnon, to secure fair winds for the Greek Army’s voyage to Troy. An Opera Known for Obscurity, Plucked From the Shadows 2013-07-19T18:31:28Z This week, van Zweden presents the world première of Louis Andriessen’s “Agamemnon,” a variously propulsive and meditative evocation of the House of Atreus. A Hell-Raising Mezzo-Soprano Cuts Through a Dreary First Week at the Metropolitan Opera 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The first time that a red carpet was rolled out may have been in “The Oresteia” when Clytemnestra orders her handmaidens to lay down crimson tapestries for the return of her long-absent husband, Agamemnon. Toronto Film Festival: Separating Contenders From Pretenders 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The color evokes the blood that was spilled at Troy and signals the blood that will pour from Agamemnon when he’s killed by Clytemnestra, who holds him responsible the death of their daughter, Iphigenia. Toronto Film Festival: Separating Contenders From Pretenders 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Stow your phone and don a ghostly mask, then wander through the stories that animate a realm of Greek myth, losing and finding Agamemnon and your friends. A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Such was the woeful case of a certain Princess Iphigenia, the beautiful daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. Perspective | New opera by Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter remakes myth without sacrificing music 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z It's a tricky shift from broad comedy to impassioned tragedy, and the opening section of Agamemnon, the next part, feels stiff. The Trojan War and Peace – review 2012-07-16T17:00:01Z In the terrifyingly real depiction of a loving marriage that’s destroyed before our eyes, Hille is matched every inch by Angus Wright as Agamemnon. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z With works named for Lazarus and Agamemnon, and text in the proto-Greek Linear B, “About Face” is a classicist’s playground. In the galleries: A celebration of language from antiquity Her daughter Polyxena is stripped and killed in front of Agamemnon, and soldiers string her up by her feet. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z He transferred Euripides' tale of vengeful slaughter in the family of the legendary King Agamemnon to the household of a contemporary Latino drug boss in the Southern California desert. Luis Alfaro's 'Mojada' draws on Greek tragedy, Mexican American immigration 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Menelaus, however, nips this idea in the bud, demanding that Agamemnon live up to his duty as a Greek general. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z And some numbers — like the oddly triumphant final song of Black solidarity — and a new Black activist character named Agamemnon, seem incorporated to counter the cynicism of Schuyler’s work. The Past Pushes Back in 2 Shows With Contemporary Blackness in Mind 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The most entertaining sequence, though, is the murder of Agamemnon in his bath by his wife, Clytemnestra. Swan Lake; Love and War 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z For “Oresteia,” he said the story’s setup, with Agamemnon coming back from war with a new woman, would have meant for ancient Greek audiences what the Kennedy and Clinton families might signify to contemporary viewers. A Rebound for a Summer Pairing of ‘Hamlet’ and ‘Oresteia’ at the Armory 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z What matters is the excruciating ransom that Agamemnon, a military commander and a great believer in prophecies, thinks he has to pay to get the winds blowing again so he can be victorious in war. ‘Oresteia’ Review: A Mother’s Grief, Underestimated 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z A weak man occupying a powerful office, Agamemnon fools himself into thinking that maybe his problem can be made to disappear. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Agamemnon, who rose to top commander by pandering to mob sentiment, is now at the mercy of the forces that backed him. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Agamemnon insists on her silence to save face and protect his career. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Before Clytemnestra does away with Agamemnon, her lover has his own thirst for blood. ‘Balkan Bordello’ Review: A Tragic Tale Reborn for a Time of War 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The Oresteia answers the question: what happened when Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek troops, got back home? King Priam, a pacifist's opera, can still shed light on the trauma of war 2012-05-24T09:32:34Z She has been summoned by Agamemnon to Aulis, where the Greek sailors are waiting for the winds to pick up so that they can set sail for war. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z It is Achilles's terrible pride that leads him to withdraw from battle, after an insult from Greek leader Agamemnon; there are subsequently horrendous losses among the troops in the Greek army. The Saturday interview: Madeline Miller, Orange prize winner 2012-06-01T23:06:33Z What these singers forget is that Elektra is a princess, the daughter of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon and Klytaemnestra, the wife who kills him. Review: In Staatsoper’s ‘Elektra,’ an Ax-Wielder With Royal Bearing 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z She’d become ill with laryngitis after attending a performance of “Agamemnon,” performed in Greek by a company of actors from Oxford University; the infection had spread to her heart. What Michael Bloomberg Could Learn From "Middlemarch" 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Agamemnon, the Cambridge Greek Play, staged by the university at the Cambridge Arts Theatre Last week, Cambridge University presented a play in ancient Greek. This play was all ancient Greek to me. But I liked it 2010-10-19T13:21:00Z Klytemnestra is grieving after her husband Agamemnon has killed their daughter Iphigenia because of a prophecy that the act would grant his army “fair winds” in war. 10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z This poem tells the story of the Trojan War, in which the Greek kingdoms, led by King Agamemnon of Mycenae, waged war against the city of Troy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z How to tell your Aeschylus from your Agamemnon? Opinion | What might ChatGPT do for humanity? The ancient Greeks offer a clue. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Its treasures include the 3,500-year-old gold funerary mask known as the Mask of Agamemnon and the Antikythera Mechanism, a device used to track the sun, moon and planets. Major renovation planned for Athens’ archaeological museum 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Point being, once the opera opens with the terrifying three-note slash marking the death of Agamemnon, Elektra’s grief needs to steadily ramp up, even as her grasp on reality breaks down. Review | At WNO’s electric ‘Elektra,’ the night is short and full of terrors 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Agamemnon agonized but felt he had to sacrifice his daughter to appease a goddess and be granted favorable winds to sail against Troy. Opinion | America’s Human Sacrifices 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z The film is dense with references to everything from Ulysses to the Bible to Yeats to Agamemnon to the Green Man and sheela na gig, mysterious ancient carvings found on churches throughout Europe. Let's talk about that 'Men' ending with the people who created it 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z No “Agamemnon” or “The Persians” had Aeschylus not gone to war. Book excerpt: The day Jackie Robinson came home to Dodger Stadium 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z It is based on the family of Agamemnon, the Mycenaean king who commanded the Greeks at Troy. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z You know, the one that was just used to slaughter Agamemnon? Review | At WNO’s electric ‘Elektra,’ the night is short and full of terrors 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z When the newly whitened Max — who now goes by Matthew Fisher — abandons Harlem for Atlanta, Buni and another friend, Agamemnon, show up at the train depot, hoping to convince him to stay. Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Agamemnon Tatsis, the lawyer for two of the Serbs, including the one who threw the first punch, said that his clients did not deserve additional sentences. Rare Retrial Begins in Killing of American in Greece 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z On his way to fight the Trojan War, King Agamemnon accidentally kills a favorite stag of Artemis, the goddess of wild animals and chastity. Review: Iphigenia, the Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding way 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Barker originally retold “The Iliad” in “The Silence of the Girls,” the story of Briseis, the Trojan queen and enslaved trophy fought over by Achilles and Agamemnon. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Meet at Dudley’s was euthanized after a training accident Wednesday, and Agamemnon died as the results of injuries suffered racing May 31. Third horse in a little more than two weeks dies at Santa Anita 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z “I see a world of possibility, and all you see is Black … and white,” Max tells Agamemnon. Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z At an assembly he dares to criticize King Agamemnon. Opinion | Why I won’t surrender the classics to the far right 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z She demands that Agamemnon sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia or there will be no wind for the warriors’ sails. Review: Iphigenia, the Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding way 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z And both are underestimated by cruel husbands, Menelaos and Agamemnon, with fatal consequences. 10 novels making fresh fiction out of ancient myths 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z As Biden spoke, I thought of words in Ted Hughes’ adaptation of Aeschylus’ “Agamemnon”: “For the eye / That opens towards the grave / Sees the core of things and is prophetic.” Commentary: Presidential inaugurations are theater. What a difference this new cast makes 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Disgusted, Agamemnon declares that “Harlem is better off without him.” Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In Book II of the Iliad, the god sends Agamemnon, king of the Achaeans, a dream urging him to dispatch his men into battle, promising that this will end Troy’s siege. Review | Political lies aren’t new, but the methods of spreading them are 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Agamemnon is horrified and thwarts Artemis, or doesn’t. Review: Iphigenia, the Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding way 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The later Mycenaean period is the setting for Homer’s epics and such heroes as Agamemnon of Mycene. Tombs at Ancient Greek Site Were Gold-Lined Chambers 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The Greek tragedians rebuilt Troy and the places connected with it in such plays as Hecuba and Iphigenia in Aulis and Agamemnon. From carnage to a camp beauty contest: the endless allure of Troy 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The bones are the same: Agamemnon returns triumphant from the Trojan War, where his wife, Clytemnestra, exacts vengeance on him for sacrificing their favorite daughter to the gods. Opinion | What the theater has taught me about Washington 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He knows an all-out attack will fail and hopes Agamemnon will get a thorough walloping. Review | Political lies aren’t new, but the methods of spreading them are 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z King Agamemnon will send Chryseis home, but he aims to replace her with Briseis, a beautiful slave owned by Achilles, the Greeks’ most powerful warrior. Gareth Hinds' illustrated 'Iliad' follows the fights and follies of egomaniacal men 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The period is called the Mycenaean because Homer portrays the city’s king, Agamemnon, as leader of the Greek fleet that set out to recapture Helen of Troy. Tombs at Ancient Greek Site Were Gold-Lined Chambers 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z She murdered Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, who was a brother of Menelaus. Erotic fresco unearthed in Pompeii 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z His account of the invention of formalized bankruptcy is fascinating, but then he compares the story of the American Airlines bust, in 2011, to Aeschylus’ great play “Agamemnon.” Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The craze for rewriting Greek myth continues, as a great chronicler of 20th-century war retells The Iliad from the perspective of Briseis, the captured Trojan princess fought over by Achilles and Agamemnon. 2018 in books: a literary calendar 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The title, thankfully, is not a plot summary but a reference to the tale of Agamemnon, who killed a deer from Artemis’ grove and was ordered to sacrifice his own daughter as a punishment. Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman endure a crucible of suffering in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Agamemnon may have been the conquerer of Troy, but victory marching himself into his palace like a god leads him to the trap in which he’s murdered. 'These are not bright guys': watching the Trumps bring about their own destruction | Van Badham 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z In the days before the gods lost interest in human folly, King Agamemnon summoned his daughter Iphigenia to wed Achilles. Review: ‘House of Names’ is family drama on a mythic stage 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Irish novelist continues in the ancient storytelling tradition by reinterpreting the stories of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and Orestes. Colm Tóibín builds new stories onto a mythic ‘House of Names’ 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The novel also uses the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and their children as part of its source. Colm Tóibín: how I rewrote a Greek tragedy 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z In Aeschylus’ play “Agamemnon,” the titular king’s homecoming from the Trojan War is marked by his vengeful wife Clytemnestra, who offers him a red carpet on which to walk. The red carpet isn't actually red, and other secrets underfoot at the Oscars 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z When Agamemnon, king of men, robs Achilles of his mistress, it is a god that grabs Achilles by his yellow hair and warns him not to strike Agamemnon. The Voices in Our Heads 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z It draws inspiration from a Greek myth in which King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, to allow his ships to sail to Troy. Welsh tragedy wins James Tait Black drama award - BBC News 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Schliemann was at first certain it showed Agamemnon, but it probably doesn’t. Journey through 5,000 years of Greek culture at National Geographic Museum 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The most famous of all, Agamemnon, led the Greek army that besieged and sacked Troy, according to Homer's epics. Archaeologist claims he's found ancient Greek kings' throne 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Agamemnon, hero of the Trojan War, apparently flew business class, flanked by two watchful handlers in adjoining seats. Hundreds of Greek Artifacts Are on the Move 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Clytemnestra hacks up her husband Agamemnon with an axe. The Vocabularist: 'Tragedy' originally meant 'goat-song' - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “I don’t say the murder of Agamemnon is right,” Meier said, “but it is understandable, there are reasons for it. Not justifications, but reasons.” Waltraud Meier as a human Klytemnestra in Met performance 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Mycenae’s King Agamemnon, if he actually existed, probably lived in the 14th century B.C., long before Homer sang and Aeschylus wrote of him. Journey through 5,000 years of Greek culture at National Geographic Museum 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z In the long term, if they remain fixated on bathrooms, southern Republicans may, like Agamemnon, expire there. Going rogue 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z May 26, 2016—Get an inside look at the largest collection of ancient Greek treasures ever to visit North America, "The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great." Hundreds of Greek Artifacts Are on the Move 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Charles Newell, artistic director of the Court Theater in Chicago, is directing a world premiere translation of Aeschylus' "Agamemnon," replete with themes of blood revenge, cycles of violence and primal human behavior. Sound and Fury, But Little Heart 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z For example, would a ruler of any modern civilized country sacrifice his daughter in order to assure success in battle, as Agamemnon does in "Oresteia"? Medea gets her revenge on London stage - with a sitcom 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Yet Washingtonians may find little that’s entirely familiar in “The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great,” a sweeping new exhibition at the National Geographic Museum. Journey through 5,000 years of Greek culture at National Geographic Museum 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z And, yes, I might have encountered a modern-day Achilles or Hector or Agamemnon. The Suicide of the Liberal Arts 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z "The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great" opens at the National Geographic Museum on June 1 and runs until October 10, 2016. Hundreds of Greek Artifacts Are on the Move 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The exhibition is titled “The Greeks: From Agamemnon to Alexander the Great.” Field Museum to offer glimpse of life in ancient Greece 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z In Greek mythology, Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia in order to implore the Gods to change the wind patterns so he can sail for Troy to fight the Trojan War. 7 Times Game of Thrones Drew on History This Season 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z According to many sources, the title of his seventh novel derives from Book Eleven of The Odyssey, a passage where, with “As I lay dying…”, Agamemnon tells Odysseus about his murder. The 100 best novels: No 55 – As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (1930) 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Gone are the days of Heinrich Schliemann, who in the 1870s went down into an underground tomb at Mycenae, found a number of lavish burials and claimed to have "gazed upon the face of Agamemnon". Are archaeological digs a thing of the past? 2014-05-02T15:57:59Z But in part of South London, the thoughts of Agamemnon Otero are on the kilowatts per hour being generated on local rooftops. Making solar energy, together 2013-07-20T01:04:09Z The story of the "Iliad" is well known, full of characters like Helen of Troy, Achilles, Paris, Agamemnon and a slew of gods and goddesses behaving badly. Geneticists Estimate Publication Date Of The 'Iliad' 2013-02-27T15:15:00.207Z And yet the Greek epics are filled with tearful heroes like Odysseus, Agamemnon and Achilles. Opinion: I Cry, Therefore I Am 2012-11-11T04:39:00Z When Achilles, enraged with Agamemnon, deserted the Greeks, Hector drove them back to their ships, which he almost succeeded in burning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Professor Thomson was engineer in charge of the electrical testing on board of the Agamemnon. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Clytemnestra and her paramour slay Agamemnon, and go free. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On June 6th the mutinous fleet was joined by the Agamemnon, Leopard, Ardent, and Iris men-of-war, and the Ranger sloop, which vessels basely deserted from a squadron under Admiral Duncan, sent to blockade the Texel. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z But none of this was as hard to bear as had been Agamemnon's parting words—spoken in her presence—to the Greek army on the shores of Ilium. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z As for Agamemnon, he sent his slaves to Achilles’ tent to lead away Briseis; and the hero, true to his promise, laid aside his armor, determined to fight no more. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Agamemnon, after having been manufactured with all the precautions suggested by Professor Thomson's researches. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Then there is the Grecian story of Agamemnon, to whom, when about to sacrifice his daughter, a stag was furnished by a goddess as a substitute. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Lyons brought the Agamemnon, followed by half a dozen other vessels, to within 700 yards of Fort Constantine, the others staying at the safer distances of 1,800 to 2,200 yards. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z So, when Agamemnon's fiat went forth that those long-dead promises were to be redeemed at once, there were home scenes throughout Greece whose bare recital would forever have crushed the spirit of Mormonism. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z As for Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, he returned to Argos only to be murdered by his wife Clytæmnestra and her paramour Ægisthus. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Under the tree of Agamemnon glows a tiny light, like an earth-bound star. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter, Iphigeneia, before going to Troy, and Polyxena, daughter of Priam, was immolated on the tomb of Achilles to his manes. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Independent candidate against Agamemnon Flag—member of the Legislature—a distinguished popular orator, and original founder of that branch of the New Lights known by the name of the True Grits. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z The crowd had armed itself with stones as Agamemnon began to speak. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The prisoners were, as usual, allotted to various chiefs, and Agamemnon received the priest’s daughter as reward for his bravery, while Achilles triumphantly led to his tent the equally fair Briseis. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z I sat beneath Agamemnon's tree, listening to the cry of the fountain, watching the little lights, till the night was black about me. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The truce of the third book is broken by Pandarus, and Agamemnon passes along the Greek ranks with words of encouragement, but without a hint of the treachery just committed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Henrietta Handy.—Her daughter—supposed to have been favorably impressed by Mr. Agamemnon Flag. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Though his brother was minded to forgive, Agamemnon was not. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z They were told that the plague would never cease until Agamemnon surrendered his captive, and thus disarmed Apollo’s wrath, which had been kindled by his rude refusal to comply with the aged priest’s request. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Electra complains that the tomb of Agamemnon received no myrtle boughs; in short, instances of this practice are every where to be found. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Agamemnon sends an embassy by night, offering Achilles restitution and full amends—Achilles refuses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Responsive to this call, their whole party lustily set about the work; and, for some minutes after the conclusion of Agamemnon's speech, the air resounded with huzzas for "Flag and the Constitution!" Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z He went, heart-broken, to his brother Agamemnon for help in avenging his wrongs. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z In consequence of a treacherous dream purposely sent by Jupiter to delude him, Agamemnon again assembled his troops, and proposed a new onslaught upon the Trojan forces. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Electra adorns Agamemnon’s tomb with her locks, and Canace laments that she had not been able to perform the same rite on her beloved Macareus. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Moreover, three of the chief heroes, Agamemnon, Diomede and Ulysses, are wounded, and this circumstance, as Lachmann himself admitted, is steadily kept in mind throughout. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z I want to say a word about Agamemnon Flag—commonly called Ag Flag. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Agamemnon not only reminded him of the other suitors' promise to defend the honor of the man whom Helen should marry, but volunteered, as overlord of Greece, to force them to keep their vows. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z In the story of the Trojan war there are several sun myths; for Paris, Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Achilles have equal claims to be considered personifications of the sun. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Iphigenia, saved, at the moment of the sacrifice made by Agamemnon in behalf of the Greeks, by the goddess, and transferred to the temple at Tauris, appears alone in the consecrated grove. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It would seem therefore that the meeting in Agamemnon’s tent was only a copy or adaptation of the true constitutional “council of elders,” which indeed was essentially unfitted for the purposes of military service. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z But there was another matter that operated against Agamemnon. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z The sacrifice of Iphigenia, if a genuine production, is sufficient to establish his character; although the figure of Agamemnon may appear veiled in a capricious style, scarcely adapted to an heroic subject. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z For instance, when Achilles goes, in great anger and sorrow, to complain to Thetis of the scorn done him by Agamemnon, the sea appears to him "wine-colored." Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Iphigenia leaves him in sudden agitation, when informed of the death of Agamemnon. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Agamemnon performs sacrifice himself, not because a priestly character was attached to the kingly office, but simply because he was “master in his own house.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z In point of principle, Agamemnon was altogether unexceptionable. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Atone to Orestes, Agamemnon's son, that you stole away his bride! Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z "Read that," he said waggishly, "and confess, young sir, that there were chiefs before Agamemnon." Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Troy had fallen, Agamemnon been murdered, Orestes had grown up to avenge his death. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z There were doubtless poets before Homer, as well as brave men before Agamemnon; and indeed the formation of a poetical dialect such as the Homeric must have been the work of several generations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Thus it appeared that Theodore Fog far outran the rest of the ticket, and that Agamemnon Flag fell considerably below the Whig vote. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z And you, you dared not enter the land while Agamemnon's son was there; you waited till—— Pyrrhus. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z But though there were heroes before Agamemnon, it is not certain that there were any after George the Fourth. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z We beat the bushes for the great, the kings that should come after Agamemnon. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z Agamemnon is persuaded by a dream sent from Zeus to take the field with all his forces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z These feelings operating upon his mind, induced him, soon after the nomination of Agamemnon Flag, to come out in opposition and declare himself an Independent Candidate. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z For he dared not face the wrath of Orestes, nor the spear of Agamemnon's son. Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z For a moment the Corner House girls did not see Agamemnon; they could not imagine who he was. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Homer tells us that Agamemnon’s ghost and the ghost of Achilles had a long talk upon this subject, telling over the number they had attended. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Agamemnon’s sceptre, the symbol of his rule over the Peloponnesus, is referred to the immediate gift of Jupiter. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z A loud laugh that shook full one hundred diaphragms, followed this demand, and Agamemnon good-naturedly took off his glasses. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z And was Achilles a better man than Agamemnon? Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z Two or three bedraggled tail-feathers appeared at the aperture in the back of this garment; otherwise Agamemnon seemed to be quite featherless. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Agamemnon slays his daughter; a miser dispenses alms, out of pure egotism, in the hope that he will some day receive an hundred-fold; and so on. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Of his original plates, more than 250 in number, one of the most notable was the large “Breaking up of the Agamemnon.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The second was Corney Dust, the porter and firemaker of the office, who, there was reason to believe, had voted at the last election for Agamemnon Flag. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Then why did all the world choose Agamemnon to be their king? Andromache A Play in Three Acts 2012-02-19T03:00:15.203Z Agamemnon ought to be satisfied he’s alive, after all he’s been through.” The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z But when the first Atlantic cable expedition left the coast of Kerry, it was a stately squadron of British and American ships of war, such as the Niagara and the Agamemnon, and of merchant steamships. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The substituted word, as in the example, "Agamemnon," betrays without more ado the thought sequence from which the interference results. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Agamemnon then began again in his original track. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z To me it seemed that Carlyle spoke of great men before Agamemnon, and the bonfires that were good in the dark obscure the daylight. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z “And now here, lately, a neighbor got a half-breed game rooster, an’ thet pesky fightin’ bird got down here an’ sasses Agamemnon on his own premises. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Agamemnon failed by not creating mutual respect between himself and his soldiers and not honoring the unique contributions of those like Ajax. Off the Shelf: ?Ajax Dilemma? Looks at Fundamental Fairness 2011-12-04T02:53:51Z Such is even its heathen meaning, and the first of poets termed Agamemnon by this word, "Shepherd of the people." St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z It may seem to imply that the civilization disclosed in the excavations at Mycenae is Achaean in character, and that it is to be connected with the Pelopid dynasty to which Agamemnon belonged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Creeping up from the plain, crying out for assistance and sympathy, beneath a sun already burning, we came to the entrance of the cave to which they give the name of the tomb of Agamemnon. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z “Tut, tut, tut!” she said, clucking almost as loudly as Agamemnon himself. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z The men square off in a speaking contest in front of King Agamemnon and a panel of army jurors. Off the Shelf: ?Ajax Dilemma? Looks at Fundamental Fairness 2011-12-04T02:53:51Z The last figure in the group is Agamemnon. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Another and smaller frieze which also decorated the altar-place gives us scenes from the history of Telephus, who opposed the landing of the army of Agamemnon in Asia Minor and was overthrown by Achilles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Agamemnon, Cassandra, Clytemnestra,—this trio of ghosts will serve to fill up for us the ancient gateway. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A worthy Dutchman, Herman Van Creutzer, has broached a theory that the Trojan war is a mere allegory, and that no such person as Agamemnon ever existed. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Thus Agamemnon acted, we are told, on his return from Troy. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z The only battleships that sported this combination were the Lord Nelson and Agamemnon—and their position was known to an almost absolute certainty—and the newly-completed Queen Elizabeth. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z On June 10, 1858, the United States steam frigate Niagara, then the largest in the world, and the British ship Agamemnon set out from opposite shores, bound for mid-ocean. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z This gate and citadel go back at least to the time of Agamemnon. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z A steamboat—shade of Hector, Ajax, and Agamemnon, forgive the sins of the day—an Austrian steamboat is now splashing the island-studded �gean, and paddling the classic waters of the Hellespont. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z ‘Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona;’ but we believe that there are on the average some five Agamemnons now afloat for every two in the fifties and early years of the sixties. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Under its lee could be seen the misty outlines of the Queen Elisabeth, Agamemnon, Irresistible, and the French battleship Gaulois, ready to open a long-range bombardment of the Turkish batteries. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z He was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Agamemnon took them all helplessly; all his virtuous indignation had evaporated, and he looked very red and foolish as he said with a kind of nervous laugh, 'You've been looking in my pockets!' The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Hurrying through the village, a group of boys ran before me, crying out "Agamemnon," "Agamemnon." Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The dignitaries assembled in council looked at one another with uncertain eyes, and each feared to speak first, waiting for what "Agamemnon," voevoda of Poznan, would say. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Doubts as to the existence of Napoleon can only be maintained for a joke, whereas the historicity of Agamemnon is a legitimate subject of debate. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z The combined fleet was detained for a long time at Aulis, owing to the wrath of Diana, whom Agamemnon had offended by killing one of her favorite deer. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It struck all of them that the voice was uncommonly like Agamemnon's, but none liked to say so, and they only observed with a forced composure that really the cats were becoming quite a nuisance. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z We parted in the middle of the plain, they to return to Padras and Europe, and I for the tomb of Agamemnon, and back to Athens, and I hardly know where besides. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z And Dioscorides, too, the pupil of Isocrates, quoted these verses with the same object, saying, "And Achilles, when reproaching Agamemnon, addresses him— Tyrant, with sense and courage quell'd by wine." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The surprise caused by the discovery would have been like that of excavators at Mycenae, if they had found a watch in the treasury of Agamemnon. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z During the siege, Achil´les had a dispute with Agamemnon, concerning some female captives; considering himself wronged, he withdrew from the contest, and no entreaties could induce him to return to the field. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Upon this Agamemnon made haste to assure her that she had shown a very proper spirit, and he respected her the more for it. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z This was the city that Homer had made such a noise about; a man could stand on the citadel 106and almost throw a stone beyond the boundary-line of Agamemnon's kingdom. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z But at some of the Persian feasts there were also councils held, as there were in the tent of Agamemnon with respect to the further conduct of the Trojan war. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z But, on the hero's return, Typhon laid an ambush against him, like �gisthus against Agamemnon. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Clytemnestra, the queen of Agamemnon, believing, and perhaps hoping, that her husband would not return, had given a promise of marriage to Ægisthus, who already considered himself king of Mycenæ. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It was expected that Clytemnestra would have let him come down for good when she was informed of Agamemnon's death on such excellent authority, but she would not hear of such a thing. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Clytemnestra has murdered Agamemnon, her husband and king. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z And this, too, though he often represents Agamemnon as feasting the chiefs. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z After the fall of Troy, many of the Greek chiefs, among them Nestor, set sail for home, while others, at the desire of Agamemnon, remained behind to sacrifice to Pallas. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In the division of captives, after the taking of Troy, Cassandra, one of the daughters of Priam, fell to the lot of Agamemnon. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z How do you know how long it took?' demanded Agamemnon. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The death of Cassandra, he mused, is not absolutely necessary for the development of Agamemnon; but if it had not taken place, the whole Orestes Trilogy would have been spoilt. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z And Agamemnon says somewhere about drunkenness— Disastrous folly led me thus astray, Or wine's excess, or madness sent from Jove: placing madness and drunkenness in the same boat. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Agamemnon, to whom his loved Cassandra foretells his doom in vain:— The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Cassandra warned Agamemnon against returning thither, but her prediction was disregarded. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Agamemnon, the king of men, was apparently in difficulties, and it was only too probable that this was Clytemnestra's fell work. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Even Agamemnon and his fellows, who probably represent a later stage in Greek society, would not have dared to set their subjects to such task-work. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z But partly also it was due to a very liberal theory of translation, outlined by himself in the prefaces to Calderon and the Agamemnon. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The Greek tragic poet who wrote the Agamemnon translated by Mr. Browning. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Agamemnon was assassinated immediately on his arrival at Mycenæ; according to the tragic poets, it was Clytemnestra who dealt the fatal blow. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Agamemnon is buried by �schylus after being killed, and Lichas is hurled into the sea by Hercules; but this cannot be represented without violence to truth. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z "Clytemnestra from the battlements of Argos watches for the beacon fires which are to announce the return of Agamemnon" is, in every sense, a contrast to the "Antique Juggling Girl." The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z She knew no greater agony When dragged a slave in Agamemnon's train. Memorial Day and Other Verse 2011-05-20T02:00:35.647Z He wrote some seventy pieces, but only seven have come down to our times: they are Prometheus Chained, The Suppliants, The Seven Chiefs against Thebes, Agamemnon, The Choëphoræ, The Furies, and The Persians. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Then King Agamemnon came forth from his tent, saying: "What meaneth this uproar and disputing that I hear?" Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Again, is this passage serious English:— "Opposite rose Agamemnon in wrath, but before he could open?" Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z We have one complete trilogy preserved—the magnificent Oresteia of �schylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, Choephorœ, and Eumenides—plays which are bracketed with Lear and Othello as the highest and most majestic of all tragedies. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Had Shakspeare proceeded on the principles of the Greek drama, he would have done this, and produced a drama as universally admired as the Agamemnon of Æschylus. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The Agamemnon, which Mr. Browning has translated, is one of the plays of the Oresteia, the Choëphoræ and the Eumenides or Furies completing the trilogy. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z And now King Agamemnon came forth, saying that all things were ready for the marriage, and that they waited for the maiden. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z He was well-nigh the last to sail, for he had tarried many days to do homage to Agamemnon, lord of all the Greeks. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In the garb of Greece, and in the camp before Troy, I should have taken him for Agamemnon. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Meanwhile he had produced in 1865 a version of the Agamemnon, and two more plays from Calderon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z When Helen was carried off by Paris, Agamemnon was chosen to be commander-in-chief of the expedition sent against Troy by the Greeks, as he was the mightiest prince in Greece. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He could not dwell," he said, "on her great pedigree from the Scipios, the Gracchi, from Agamemnon, nor on her splendid opulence and her palace at Rome. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z Ulysses was pursuing this mad occupation when a messenger of Agamemnon came to demand his services in the army of the Greeks. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z For instance, the one champion whom Hecuba finds among her conquerors is the general, Agamemnon. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z In the neighbourhood of Chalcis, both to the north and the south, the bays are so confined as readily to explain the story of Agamemnon’s fleet having been detained there by contrary winds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z After the fall of Troy the beautiful princess Cassandra fell to Agamemnon as his share of the spoils. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z If Greek warriors had never fought in the plains of Troy, we may be pretty sure that the poems of Homer would not have brought Akhilles and Agamemnon under the walls of Ilium. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z A great many strong men lived before Agamemnon,—and after him. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z The king goes, lame and disguised as a beggar, into the heart of the Greek army and into Agamemnon's palace. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Iphigenia has been doomed by her father Agamemnon to die at Aulis, as Calchas declares that Artemis claims such a sacrifice before the adverse winds can fall. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Short as the part of Agamemnon is, the poet has the address to throw such an amiable dignity around him that we soon become interested in his favour, and are predisposed to lament his fate. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The poem opens, it is true, with a dispute among the Argive chiefs, and mainly between Agamemnon and Achilles, concerning two young women. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The Queen Elizabeth, Agamemnon, Irresistible, and Gaulois pounded the forts at such a long range that the guns on shore could not reach them. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z He is Agamemnon's brother; he has with him an army of Trojan veterans; he can surely be counted on to cow the Argive populace and save his dead brother's son. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z A great deal of what was said about the tomb of Agamemnon, as the common people, with truer instinct, call the supposed treasure-house, may be repeated about the fortifications of Mycenæ. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The Agamemnon is part of the Oresteian Trilogy or group of three plays; this trilogy of Æschylus is our only example extant, and it is necessary to say something of the other parts. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Fitzgerald's conception of a translator's privilege is well set forth in the prefaces of his versions from Calderon, and the "Agamemnon" of �schylus. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated into English Verse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.917Z That was made by the Queen Elizabeth, Agamemnon, and Ocean from the Gulf of Saros. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z The plot runs thus.—It is night in the Greek camp at Aulis; Agamemnon calls an Old Slave outside his tent and gives him secretly a letter to carry to Clytemnestra. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The tombs are undoubtedly very ancient, certainly far more ancient than the supposed date of Homer, or even of Agamemnon. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The crime brought the most terrible evils upon the family of which Agamemnon was a member. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z A different fate awaited his "Agamemnon: a tragedy taken from �schylus," which was first printed privately by him, and afterwards published with alterations in 1876. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated into English Verse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.917Z Menelaus, King of Sparta, and, together with his brother Agamemnon, General of the Greeks. The Trojan Women of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:03.557Z Agamemnon had been forced into compliance, and is now resolved to go back upon his word. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Then, clear against the light, Toward Agamemnon's tent the whole Army in tumult seemed to roll, As stirred by some strange voice, shoal after shoal. The Rhesus of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:01.240Z The scene of the play is laid by Æschylus at Argos, before the palace of Agamemnon, Mycenæ, however, really being his seat. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Agamemnon sends for Achilles to attend the Council and he refuses to come, and later on, when he desires a reconciliation, the Council pass him by unnoticed. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z Greeks were Greeks before Marathon or Salamis, before even Homer or Agamemnon. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z Clytemnestra had with the help of her lover Aegisthus murdered her husband Agamemnon; her son Orestes slays her in obedience to Apollo's command, and his sister Electra aids him. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Reynolds points out that those who praise the "invention" of Timanthes in the Agamemnon picture hav not been painters but literary men. Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery 2011-01-14T03:00:49.540Z Agamemnon was a son of Atreus according to Homer, and was the brother of Menelaus. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Here the Niagara and the Agamemnon were connected by a hawser, being about a quarter of a mile apart. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z It falls into the age-old annals of hubris, the same excess of pride that got Achilles and Agamemnon in trouble with the gods. 2010-01-20T22:36:00Z If Orestes or Agamemnon is present on the stage, it is not surprising that Apollo should appear to them. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The Greeks claimed the execution of the promise, and in return a Trojan archer sent an arrow which wounded Agamemnon. Heathen Mythology It was Euthukles, according to Browning, who saved Athens from destruction by reciting at a critical moment the lines from Euripides’ Electra and Agamemnon. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It afterward appeared that the cable had broken about twenty feet from the stern of the Agamemnon. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Achilles, Hector, Agamemnon, Wallace, Wellington, never entered a field of battle with such a terrific presence. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Cassandra, the virgin priestess, is to be Agamemnon's concubine. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z By the advice and artifice of Ulysses, Menelaus became her husband, Agamemnon marrying Clytemnestra; and Tyndarus, their father, monarch of Sparta, assisted in recovering for them their father's kingdom. Heathen Mythology So far as I am able to understand it, the solution seems to be this: The reference to Makistos is from the Agamemnon of Æschylus. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The rest of the squadron came in sight at nightfall, but at such a distance that it was past ten o'clock on the morning of Thursday, the twenty-ninth, before the Agamemnon joined them. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z But friend Agamemnon, you are thinking ‘what is all this long-winded chatter.’ Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius It was called The Trojan Women, and it tells of the proudest conquest wrought by Greek arms in legend, the taking of Troy by the armies of Agamemnon. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z The oracle was consulted, which declared that nothing less than the sacrifice of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, could suffice, as the latter had excited the wrath of Diana, by killing a favourite stag. Heathen Mythology Atreus was the father of Agamemnon, according to Homer; other writers call him Agamemnon's grandfather. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis At a quarter-past eleven, ship's time, received signals from on board the Agamemnon, that they had paid out from her seven hundred and eighty miles of cable. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Returning home after the fall of Troy, he was treacherously assassinated by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her paramour, �gisthus, Agamemnon's cousin. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide There is no accounting for tastes; but he thinks it was that air of unearthly holiness in Cassandra which made Agamemnon fancy her. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z After the fall of Troy the beautiful Cassandra came to the share of Agamemnon, and she foretold that his wife Clytemnestra would put him to death. Heathen Mythology I remember a Francis Booyers, who some years since served, at the time I did, on board the Agamemnon; and what I have beheld I acknowledge has interested me. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I At twenty minutes past ten p.m., ship's time, Niagara in water of two hundred fathoms, and informed the Agamemnon of the same. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z On being deprived of his prize, the maiden Brise�s, by Agamemnon, he refused to take any further part in the war, and disaster attended the Greeks. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Agamemnon comes out and commands Menelaus to give the letter back. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z Achilles having been deprived by Agamemnon of his favourite mistress, retired into his tent. Heathen Mythology So awfully portrayed is the Œdipus—and with more grand and prophetic mystery pervading the Agamemnon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 In 1858, the cable loaded down two of the largest ships of war in the world, the Niagara and the Agamemnon. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Agamemnon returns to Argos after the capture of Troy, his wife Clytemnestra expressing deep joy at his return. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes For it can be shown that the pretended daughter of Agamemnon, Iphigenia, is no other than the Taurian goddess, who was actually worshipped in several cities of Greece under the name of Ἰφιγένεια. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 When Ulysses asked Agamemnon for sanction to bury the body of Ajax, the King was greatly annoyed. The Great Discovery Charlemagne was endowed with the good and bad qualities of the epic king, and as in the case of Agamemnon and Arthur, his exploits paled beside those of his chief warriors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" While lying in the Thames, the Agamemnon, that was to take the other half of the cable, passed up the river. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z He has brought with him as a captive Cassandra the seer who, suddenly swooning, sees in prophetic frenzy Agamemnon's death and her own at the hand of Clytemnestra and her paramour, Aegistheus. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes There was also a temple of Artemis at Pygela, near Ephesus, which was said to have been built by Agamemnon, Strab. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 With slight variations, such was the advice that in the early days of Greece, Minerva, the goddess of the glorious eyes, gave the divine Achilles in his famous quarrel with Agamemnon, the son of Atreus. Maximina In the distribution of the booty, Cassandra fell to the lot of Agamemnon; but again her foresight was useless, for he would not believe her prediction that he should perish in his own country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" While the Niagara was thus doing her part, the same scene was repeated on board the Agamemnon, which was still lying in the Thames. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Priamum: King Agamemnon's fate is to be such as King Priam's. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes “In Agamemnon returning to his palace after ten years’ absence, and falling by the hand of his unfaithful spouse, we have the event which is tragical par excellence in pagan history. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I Achilles—his quarrel with Agamemnon—his loss of Patrocles—his vengeance on Hector—accomplished when he willingly relinquishes the body to burial? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 The whole Iliad notoriously revolves around the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon about such a captured woman. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The whole construction, as it afterwards stood upon the decks of the Niagara and the Agamemnon, was the product of English and American invention combined. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Agamemnon worships Jupiter and Juno at the altar and then enters the palace to his death. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes In Asia Minor, on the theatre of the contest of the Greeks and Trojans, it had brought vast armies into collision, far outnumbering the hosts led by Hector or Agamemnon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 "Well, sir, last night I had the Agamemnon chorus." Years of Plenty The phratry is mentioned by Homer as a military unit in that famous passage where Nestor advises Agamemnon: "Arrange the men by phratries and tribes so that phratry may assist phratry, and tribe the tribe." The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State But in a few hours the great hulls of the Niagara and the Agamemnon, followed by the Leopard and the Susquehanna, were seen in the horizon, and soon they all cast anchor in the bay. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Jean de la Péruse, who, like many of the Pléiade poets, died very young, produced a Medea imitated from Seneca, and Charles Toustain an Agamemnon, also taken from the same author. A Short History of French Literature From Achilles' wrong by Agamemnon to the death of Patroclus, is a movement of one tenor. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 "Blant wouldn't have took no such sass from Agamemnon or nobody!" Mothering on Perilous In referring to presents, that is the division of the spoils, Achilles always leaves the division, not to Agamemnon or some other basileus, but to the "sons of the Achaeans," the people. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State At forty-five minutes past two, received signal from the Agamemnon that she had paid out ten hundred and ten miles of cable. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z In the entrance doorway of the tomb of Agamemnon at Mycenae, 18 ft. in height, the width is about 6 in. less at the top than at the bottom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The casting of lots, sortilege, was common in classical antiquity; the Homeric heroes prayed to the gods when they cast lots in Agamemnon’s leather cap, and Mopsus divined with sacred lots when the Argonauts embarked. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Yet, with all the difference between Christian and pagan heroes, we have a Priam, an Agamemnon, an Achilles, etc., armies slaughtered, and a city besieged. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Agamemnon, in devising how he might calm the anger of Achilles, offered him a quantity of girls. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern At ten minutes past nine p.m., ship's time, received signal from the Agamemnon that she was in water of two hundred fathoms. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z May “The Reply of Achilles to the envoys of Agamemnon” in Contemporary Review. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) He might have encamped with Agamemnon before Troy! A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) Every one has its Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, and Ulysses; its calm, furious, gross, and intelligent hero. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Before Agamemnon died he saw Clytaemnestra herself stab Cassandra, the daughter of Priam, whom he had brought from Troy. Tales of Troy and Greece Received signal from Agamemnon at noon that they had paid out from her nine hundred and forty miles of cable. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z And Zeus, though he knows that it will lead to strife with Lady Hera, his spouse, promises to heap just vengeance upon Agamemnon. Greek Women We're in the middle of that long crabbed chorus in the 'Agamemnon;' I can only just make head or tail of it with the crib. Tom Brown's School Day's Seizing this very favorable opportunity, we gave Agamemnon the slip, and made our escape as hastily as though we were really fleeing from a conflagration. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 There were also golden masks that had been made to cover the faces of the dead kings, and who knows but that one of these masks may show us the features of the famous Agamemnon? Tales of Troy and Greece To complete the narrative of the expedition, it is necessary to include the voyage of the Agamemnon, the best account of which is given in the letter of the correspondent of the London Times. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z She identifies herself with the "ancient bitter Alastor," who visits on Agamemnon the curse of his house. Greek Women Edward FitzGerald’s rendering of the Agamemnon of Aeschylus, London, 1876, which does not, however, pretend to be a close translation, may well be included for the unusual beauty of its verse. Book Repair and Restoration MY-CENAE=very ancient city in N. E. of Argolis, built upon craggy height, principal city of Greece and capital of kingdom in Agamemnon's time. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Then came up the beautiful spirits of many dead, unhappy ladies of old times, and then came the souls of Agamemnon, and of Achilles, and of Aias. Tales of Troy and Greece No notice was taken of her at first, but when she was within about half a mile of the Agamemnon she altered her course, and bore right down across our bows. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Concubinage existed, especially when the husband was long absent from home; but it was looked upon with disfavor and frequently led to unfortunate consequences, as in the cases of Phoenix and Agamemnon. Greek Women It is true that there had been great men before Agamemnon. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Altogether, St. Petersburg took me back to the times of Agamemnon, partly through the grandeur of the buildings and partly through the popular garb, which reminded me of the dress of antiquity. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Agamemnon was very ready to beg pardon, for he feared that the whole army would be defeated, and cut off from their ships, and killed or kept as slaves. Tales of Troy and Greece Thursday, the twenty-ninth, and separated—the Agamemnon and Valorous, bound to Valentia, Ireland; the Niagara and Gorgon, for this place, where they arrived yesterday, and this morning the end of the cable will be landed. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z She manifestly became much attached to her captor, and left "all unwillingly" when she was carried off to Agamemnon's tent. Greek Women There is also a Grecian fable to the effect that one Agamemnon had a daughter whom he dearly loved, and she was deserving of his affection. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning If it is impudence like Bold’s, Agamemnon might have taken it as a high compliment.” Francezka But Achilles answered that he did not believe a word that Agamemnon said; Agamemnon had always hated him, and always would hate him. Tales of Troy and Greece The cable has been paid out from the Agamemnon at about the same speed as from the Niagara. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Calchas, after much hesitation, responds that the Far-darter has brought war upon the Greeks because Agamemnon has done despite to the priest, and has not set his daughter free and accepted the ransom. Greek Women Brave men since Agamemnon, like the brave before, must patiently expect the “inspired author.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) A better known example is Iphigenia, so beloved by her father, King Agamemnon, and yet given up by him a victim for purposes of state and religion. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Many of these tusks, shaped for this purpose, have been found, with swords and armour, in a tomb in Mycenae, the town of Agamemnon. Tales of Troy and Greece Then the Agamemnon was so shaken in the terrible gale of June, that the cable on board of her was seriously injured, and some portions were cut out and condemned. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Agamemnon is violently enraged at the seer; his dark heart within him is greatly filled with anger, and his eyes are like flashing fire. Greek Women At about half-past 7 o'clock the ships of war moved from their moorings, the iron leviathan the Ironsides, an Agamemnon among ships, leading and directing their movements, then monitor after monitor, and then wooden flagships. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War I'm one of the Epigoni; And great hosts of valiant people Lived before King Agamemnon. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. We know how fierce and brave Achilles was, and we may wonder that he did not challenge Agamemnon to fight a duel. Tales of Troy and Greece The Agamemnon was already at Plymouth, having been designated by the Admiralty again to take part in the work, though under a new commander, Captain George W. Preedy, an excellent officer. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Then is the son of Peleus the more enraged, and, had not the goddess Athena appeared and restrained his wrath, he would have assailed Agamemnon on the spot. Greek Women The schoolmaster had retired to his study to conceal his agitation; he was sitting like Agamemnon with a dishcloth over his head, because he felt his face unable to express his emotion. Orientations Till the arrival of Agamemnon, they occupy our attention, as the prophetic organ, not commissioned indeed but employed by heaven, to proclaim the impending horrors. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Then Agamemnon hastened here and there, bidding the Greeks arm and attack the Trojans, who would certainly be defeated, for they had broken the oaths of peace. Tales of Troy and Greece If it was a pleasure in such circumstances to speak to one's countrymen, it was not less to be received with equal kindness on board the Agamemnon. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z She must have been beautiful and clever, for Agamemnon prized her far above Clytemnestra. Greek Women The anger of Achilles was raised by a most provoking insult which he received from Agamemnon. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) While acting in this useful capacity, Karl had once had occasion to examine an edition of Agamemnon, published by an eminent Greek scholar. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 He generally tried to make peace when the princes quarrelled with Agamemnon. Tales of Troy and Greece The letter to the London Times, written by Mr. Woods, its correspondent on board the Agamemnon, is one of the finest descriptions of a storm at sea we know of in the language. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z The Iliad describes the life of a Greek camp; but Agamemnon, the suzerain, has under him men who are kings at home. Greek Women Agamemnon, Nestor, Æneus, and the rest all talk alike, and all like Ulysses. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 Orestes, prince of Argos, you must remember, has avenged on his mother Clytemnestra the murder of his father, king Agamemnon, on his return from Troy. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 Agamemnon had a hundred ships, Diomede had eighty, Nestor had ninety, the Cretans with Idomeneus, had eighty, Menelaus had sixty; but Aias and Ulysses, who lived in small islands, had only twelve ships apiece. Tales of Troy and Greece At half-past two, we stopped sending signals to Agamemnon for fourteen minutes, for the purpose of making splice. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Achilles continues to sulk away from battle, in spite of Agamemnon's attempt at reconciliation. Greek Women She was glad, however, to hear that it was certain that the Agamemnon had been got off the rocks at Balaklava, as she had understood that Granny Marrable had a grandson on the ship. When Ghost Meets Ghost Helmets flamed like fearful flowers; Chariots rose and moving towers; Captains passed; each fierce commander With his gauntlet on his sword: Agamemnon, Alexander, Cæsar, each led on his horde. Weeds by the Wall Verses Chryseis had been given as a slave to Agamemnon, who always got the best of the plunder because he was chief king, whether he had taken part in the fighting or not. Tales of Troy and Greece A collision, which might prove fatal to the cable, now seemed inevitable, or could only be avoided by the equally hazardous expedient of altering the Agamemnon's course. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Agamemnon, king of men, has returned to his fatherland, but merely to find treason and death at the hands of �gisthus, the new lord of Clytemnestra, his wife. Greek Women Yet, in the far East lie the most ancient highways—whose pavements once echoed with the hurrying feet of Nimrod’s outposts p. vior the trampling of Agamemnon’s rear-guard. Old Roads and New Roads Indeed the Greeks were whole years gathering their p. 72forces, and when they did all meet at last, with their ships and men, Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, Menelaus’ brother, took the lead of them all. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History But the Greeks never fought duels, and Agamemnon was believed to be chief king by right divine. Tales of Troy and Greece But it was the Agamemnon that suffered most. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z I must add that as there were great men before Agamemnon, so there were good people in the little village of Wrentham before Mrs. Steffe appeared upon the scene. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Genius for empire in a race supplies that impressiveness with which a heroic or royal origin invests the protagonist of a tragedy, an Agamemnon or a Theseus. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe He was the first Greek king who had sailed to Asia since the Trojan war, and, in imitation of Agamemnon, he stopped at Aulis, in Bœotia, to offer sacrifice to Diana. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History That night Zeus sent a deceitful dream to Agamemnon. Tales of Troy and Greece The Agamemnon came in a few days after. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z On the other hand, the Olympian Times comments severely on the precipitate action of Agamemnon, and animadverts on the rash proceedings which have led to a rupture that might have been averted by diplomacy. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments “The Greeks were my demigods,” she herself said, in later life, of her early years, “and haunted me out of Pope’s Homer, until I dreamt more of Agamemnon than of Moses the black pony.” The Brownings Their Life and Art However, they sailed on, till at Aulis they were stopped by foul winds for many days, and Calchas told them it was because of Agamemnon’s broken vow. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Agamemnon still believed a good deal in his dream, and prayed that he might take Troy that very day, and kill Hector. Tales of Troy and Greece Upon Agamemnon's return to Mycene, after an absence of many years, he is murdered by Aegysthos with the connivance of Clytemnestra. Woman under socialism In spite of the known discrepancy between the views of the Powers, they have issued a Collective Note urging upon His Majesty King Agamemnon the necessity of prompt withdrawal. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments He gave up his quarrel with Agamemnon and returned to the combat. Alexander the Great Makers of History All his own friends were there—Achilles, Ajax, and, to his surprise, Agamemnon—all very melancholy, and mourning for the realms of day. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History So it proved, for when the Trojans had rallied and formed in line, Agamemnon slew a Thracian chief who had come to fight for Troy before King Rhesus came. Tales of Troy and Greece Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, avenges the murder of his father, at the instigation of Apollo and Athene, by slaying his mother and Aegysthos. Woman under socialism This, however, is nothing against it, because equally true of large works in other fields of art, e.g., the Agamemnon of Aeschylus or Wagner's Tetralogy. Music: An Art and a Language The same enthusiastic and obviously quite genuine appreciation appears in the essay on the "Agamemnon." Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 All captives were then made slaves, and in the division of the spoil a maiden named Briseis was given to Achilles, while Agamemnon took one called Chryseis, the daughter of Chryses, priest of Apollo. p. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Then the gifts were brought, and Agamemnon stood up, and said that he was sorry for his insolence, and the men took breakfast, but Achilles would neither eat nor drink. Tales of Troy and Greece The story is this: Agamemnon, King of Mycene, and husband of Clytemnestra, sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, upon the command of the oracle on his expedition against Troy. Woman under socialism Wand'ring again is our doom, as it seems to my mind, Agamemnon! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 With 1869 came Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon, a memorable picture, full of characteristic effects of colour and composition, and a notable exercise in the grand style. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work The chief of the Greeks were Agamemnon, king of Mycenæ, his brother Menelaus of Sparta, and Achilles of Ægina, whose men were called Myrmidons, and said to be descended from ants. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History These chiefs were called the Council, and gave advice to Agamemnon, who was commander-in-chief. Tales of Troy and Greece As there were heroes before Agamemnon, so were there holy and humble men of heart before Cranmer and Luther, yes, and before Jerome and Augustine. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer Opposite rose Agamemnon in wrath; but before he could open, Upsprang Nestor between them, the sweet-ton'd spokesman of Pylos: Sweeter the speech of his tongue in its flow than the sweetness of honey. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 In the Academy of 1874 appeared four pictures, the most important being the heroic painting,—Clytemnestra from the Battlements of Argos watches for the Beacon-fires which are to announce the Return of Agamemnon. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work She came forth and received Agamemnon with apparent joy, but his poor captive Cassandra wailed aloud, and would not cross the threshold, saying it streamed with blood, and that this was a house of slaughter. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Then she told Priam the names of the chief Greek warriors, and of Ulysses, who was shorter by a head than Agamemnon but broader in chest and shoulders. Tales of Troy and Greece There were mighty men before Agamemnon, and there are mighty men who do not figure in the papers. Amaryllis at the Fair Foremost in fame, Agamemnon, in greediness, too, thou art foremost. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 Clytemnestra from the battlements of Argos watches for the beacon fires which are to announce the return of Agamemnon. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work No one listened to her, and Agamemnon was led to the bath to refresh himself after his journey. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History But the Greeks were much discouraged, and Agamemnon called the whole army together, and proposed that they should launch their ships in the night and sail away home. Tales of Troy and Greece Agamemnon does so, Abraham and Saul do so, though the sacrifice of the latter is disapproved of by the priestly writer. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Such be thy lording with others, but not as to me, Agamemnon! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 They are all to be found in Homer, in the Book of Job, in the Agamemnon, in the Lancelot, in the Poem of the Cid. Sir Walter Scott Famous Scots Series Argos came into the power of Agamemnon, who had married Clytemnestra, the sister of Castor and Pollux, while his brother Menelaus married the beautiful Helen. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History Agamemnon was ashamed, and, by Diomede's advice, the wounded kings went down to the verge of the war to encourage the others, though they were themselves unable to fight. Tales of Troy and Greece Images of wrath are still taken from Achilles, of pride from Agamemnon, of astuteness from Ulysses, of patriotism from Hector, of tenderness from Andromache, of age from Nestor. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Busied herein was the leaguer—yet not in the King Agamemnon Enmity ceas'd, nor the pride to fulfil what his anger had menaced. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 When the volume ends, he is only thirty-six years old, and is captain of the Agamemnon; but his path is clearly traced out—his name is in men's mouths and his character established. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 Agamemnon, grieved at the crosses he had endured in this life, chose the form of the eagle. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Meanwhile Agamemnon was sailing home with his share of the wealth of Troy, and many a storm drove him out of his course. Tales of Troy and Greece This king, as failed the weal of Troy and fortune fell away, Turned him about to conquering arms and Agamemnon's day. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse Freely advance; ye are blameless before me; alone Agamemnon Guilty, that sends ye to me for demand of the damsel Bris�is. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The Agamemnon and the Lord Nelson, behind them, made a long range attack upon the forts fringing the Narrows. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources What can make a worse appearance than Homer's Achilles, or Agamemnon, during the quarrel. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero But Aegisthus had set, a year before, a watchman on a high tower, to come with the news as soon as Agamemnon landed, and the watchman ran to Mycenae with the good news. Tales of Troy and Greece In 1857 a cable was forthwith manufactured, divided in halves, and stowed in the holds of the Niagara of the United States navy, and the Agamemnon of the British fleet. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery Foremost was I in exhorting to bend to the God for atonement— This the offence that enrag'd Agamemnon, who, instantly rising, Utter'd the menacing word which his insolence now has accomplish'd. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 In addition to the Queen Elizabeth and the Inflexible, the British force included the Agamemnon, the Irresistible, the Vengeance, the Triumph, the Albion, the Lord Nelson, the Ocean and the Majestic. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources Did not Homer, the 82 wisest of your poets, make not only Agamemnon drunk, but Jupiter too, and made nectar flow in full goblets at the table of the Gods2?” Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness Then I asked him for news about my brother, Agamemnon, and he told me how my brother was slain in his own hall, and how Aias was drowned in the sea. Tales of Troy and Greece Again, after a similar interval, he gave us "The Agamemnon of �schylus Transcribed." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History The picture of Agamemnon hiding his face at the sacrifice of his daughter, expresses little to the eye, but much to the imagination. Practical Education, Volume II With their long range guns the Queen Elizabeth, the Agamemnon, and the Ocean stood well out and, by indirect fire, threw shell after shell over the heights of the peninsula into the land works. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources But this I can say,—if Johnny is as cruel as Caligula, he is every bit as brave as Agamemnon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 So two of the sentinels guarded Ulysses to the hut of Agamemnon, where he and Achilles and all the chiefs were sitting at a feast. Tales of Troy and Greece For strife had arisen between the King, Agamemnon, and the mighty son of Peleus, and it seemed to the men of Argos that all their toil must be for naught. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Homer, in his speech of Achilles to Agamemnon's mediating ambassadors, has drawn a strong and natural picture of the progress of anger. Practical Education, Volume II And behind Minos and Agamemnon lay the great, and by that time the ossifying, kingdom of Egypt, compared to which the Greeks were, and felt themselves to be, but children. Progress and History Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?" Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature If you hate all Greeks alike, then slay me; this is what Agamemnon and Ulysses desire; Menelaus would thank you for my head.' Tales of Troy and Greece When Agamemnon did thee wrong, thou didst pray that the Achaians might sorely need thy aid in the battle, and thy wish has been accomplished. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life I think Ecclesiastes one of the very greatest books in the world's literature, and Hamlet the greatest play, with the possible exception of the Agamemnon. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Agamemnon's son, in Mycenæ, Orestes, died but in name, Lived for the death of his foes. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold Great Agamemnon, This chaos, when degree is suffocate, Follows the choking; And this neglection of degree it is, That by a pace goes backward, in a purpose It hath to climb. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare |
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