Agamemnon
King of Mycenae. Leads the Greek forces in the Trojan War.
Groups
Events
- Agamemnon and Menelaus are sent to Polyphides
- Agamemnon and Menelaus are sent to Oeneus
- Agamemnon and Menelaus banish Thyestes to Cytheria
- Agamemnon kills Tantalus and kills Tantalus and Clytaemnestra’s baby
- Agammemnon marries Clytaemnestra
- Agamemnon rules Mycenae
- Menelaus asks Agamemnon to gather an army against Troy
- Agamemnon orders Palamedes stoned as a traitor
- Agammemnon insults Artemis
- Agamemnon sends Odysseus and Talthybius to get Iphigenia
- Agammenon prepares to sacrifice Iphigenia
- Artemis substitutes a deer as sacrificial victim in Iphigenia’s place
- Agamemnon, Diomedes, Odysseus, Eurypylus and Machaon are wounded
- Agamemnon takes Cassandra as a war captive
- Agamemnon and Menelaus disagree about their departure from Troy
- Agamemnon sails away from Troy
- Agamemnon sails to Tenedos
- Agamemnon returns to Mycenae with Cassandra
- Agamemnon is murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra
- Agamemnon finds ships for Arcadians
- Agamemnon receives a dream message from Zeus
- Agamemnon sends heralds to gather the Greek army
- Agamemnon discusses his dream message in a meeting with the Greek leaders
- Agamemnon announces his plan to test the Greek army with a false instruction to return home
- Agamemnon gives a false order that the Trojan War be abandoned and the Greek army return home
- Nestor exhorts the Greek army to remain at Troy and continue to prosecute the war
- Nestor advises Agamemnon to split the Greek army into clan-groups
- The Greek army goes back to their camps to rest before battle
- Agamemnon sacrifices a bull to Zeus
- Agamemnon prays to Zeus that he might kill Hector
- Nestor advises Agamemnon they should begin fighting right away
- The Greek army forms up for an assault on Troy
- Agamemnon and the Mycenaeans send ships to Troy
- Agamemnon provides ships to the Arcadians in the expedition against Troy
- Apollo attacks the Achaeans for nine days
- Agamemnon abuses Chryses
- Agamemnon refuses Chryses’ offer of ransom for the return of Chryseis
- The Greeks meet to discuss their response to Apollo’s plague
- Calchas explains to the Greeks that Agamemnon must surrender Chryseis
- Agamemnon and Achilles argue over the fates of Briseis and Chryseis
- Athena stops Achilles from trying to kill Agamemnon
- Nestor urges Achilles and Agamemnon to get along
- Agamemnon commands the Achaeans to purify themselves and offer sacrifice to Apollo
- Agamemnon sends messengers to retrieve Briseis from Achilles
- Helen identifies the Achaean champions for Priam
- The Trojans and the Greeks swear oaths and conduct a sacrifice together
- Agamemnon declares Menelaos the winner of the fight with Priam
- Agamemnon demands the return of Helen and her goods
- Agamemnon and Menelaus discuss Menelaus’ arrow wound
- Agamemnon sends Talthybius to find Machaon
- Agamemnon leaves Eurymedon in charge of his chariot
- Agamemnon rallies and encourages the Greek troops
- Agamemnon encourages Idomeneus before battle
- Agamemnon praises the two Ajaxes and their readiness for battle
- Nestor prepares the Pylians to fight the Trojans
- Agamemnon and Nestor regret that Nestor is too old to fight
- Agamemnon criticizes Odysseus, Menestheus, the Athenians, and the Cephallenians for holding back from battle
- Odysseus gets Agamemnon to apologize for his criticisms
- Agamemnon criticizes Diomedes for not returning to the fight
- Sthenelus defends himself and Sthenelus’ from Agamemnon’s criticism
- Diomedes is stirred to action in battle by Agamemnon’s criticism
- Agamemnon kills Odius
- Agamemnon kills Deicoon
- Agamemnon kills Adrastus
- Agamemnon kills Elatus
- Menelaus prepares to fight Hector, but Agamemnon talks him out of it
- Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus all rise to challenge Hector
- Nestor tells Agamemnon, Diomedes, the two Ajaxes, Idomeneus, Meriones, Eurypylus, Thoas, and Odysseus to cast lots to decide who will be the Achaean champion
- The Achaean chieftains pray to Zeus
- Agamemnon sacrifices a bull to Zeus and gives Ajax prime cuts of the meat as a special honour
- Nestor urges Agamemnon and the other Achaean chieftains to collect and burn their dead
- Idaios delivers Paris’ offer of restoration to the Achaean chieftains
- Agamemnon tells Idaios that he will not accept Paris’ attempted restitution
- Euneus sends wine to Agamemnon and Menelaus
- Hera inspires Agamemnon to rally the Achaean troops
- Agamemnon criticizes the Achaeans for their lack of bravery
- Agamemnon prays to Zeus
- Zeus sends an eagle as a good omen that the Achaeans will live
- Agamemnon urges Teucer to be the saviour of the Achaeans
- Agamemnon tells his heralds to call the Achaeans to council
- Agamemnon commands the Achaeans to abandon Troy and return home with him
- Diomedes chides Agamemnon and tells him that the Achaeans will not leave until they have sacked Troy
- Nestor asks Agamemnon to hold a feast for his councilors to hear their opinions about the war
- Nestor reprimands Agamemnon for offending Achilles and urges Agamemnon to appease him
- Agamemnon states how he will make reparations to Achilles
- Odysseus tells Agamemnon that Achilles not only refuses to fight for the Achaeans, but urges them all to sail home
- Diomedes advises Agamemnon to ignore Achilles and rally the Achaeans himself
- Agamemnon seeks Nestor’s advice on how to save the Achaeans
- Menelaus, unable to sleep, seeks out his brother, Agamemnon
- Agamemnon instructs Menelaus to call Ajax, Idomeneus, and every man along the way
- Agamemnon seeks out Nestor and asks him for guidance
- Diomedes, Meriones, Thrasymedes, and the rest of the chiefs of the Achaeans come together in council
- Nestor asks the chiefs of the Achaeans for a volunteer to spy on the Trojans
- Diomedes chooses Odysseus to accompany him in spying on the Trojan host
- Agamemnon kills Bienor
- Agamemnon kills Oileus
- Agamemnon kills Isos
- Agamemnon kills Antiphus
- Peisandros and Hippolochus beg Agamemnon to ransom them back to their father
- Agamemnon kills Peisandros
- Agamemnon kills Hippolochus
- Agamemnon rampages through the Trojan ranks
- Iris tells Hector that Zeus will grant him victory if he remains out of the fight
- Agamemnon kills Iphidamas
- Coon injures Agamemnon
- Agamemnon kills Coon
- Agamemnon retreats from battle
- Nestor, joined by Diomedes and Odysseus, seeks out Agamemnon on the battlefield
- Agamemnon mourns the seemingly imminent demise of the Achaeans
- Nestor suggests that he, Agamemnon, Diomedes and Odysseus should avoid joining the battle due to their injuries
- Agamemnon orders the ships drawn down into the water during the battle
- Odysseus harshly criticizes Agamemnon for his cowardice and condemnation of his own men
- Diomedes rallies the Achaean princes to fight the Trojans despite their injuries
- Poseidon, disguised as an old man, comes to Agamemnon
- Thetis sends Achilles to reconcile with Agamemnon
- Achilles calls an assembly in the Greek camp
- Achilles proclaims the end of his anger towards Agamemnon
- Agamemnon blames Ate for his fight with Achilles
- Agamemnon recounts the birth of Hercules
- Agamemnon offers Achilles gifts
- Odysseus tells Agamemnon to host a feast for Achilles
- Seven Achaeans retrieve Briseis and the gifts from Agamemnon’s tent to give to Achilles
- Agamemnon kills a boar as an offering to Zeus
- The Achaeans take Achilles to Agamemnon’s tent
- Achilles is visited by Patroclus’ spirit
- Agamemnon’s men collect wood for a bier
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Menelaus chariot races using his horse and one of Agamemnon’s
- Echepolos gives Agamemnon a horse to avoid the Trojan War
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Nestor advises Antilochus in how to race a chariot
- Funeral Games of Patroclus: Achilles hosts a javelin contest
- Funeral Games of Patroclus - Javelin Contest: Achilles gives the first prize to Agamemnon
- Funeral Games of Patroclus - Javelin Contest: Agamemnon gives the second prize to Meriones
- The Funeral Games of Patroclus end, and the assembly breaks up
- Menelaus agrees to take Adrastus alive, but is stopped by Agamemnon
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 2.2
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.16
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.6
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.12
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.16
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.21
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.22
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.27
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.5
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.7
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 5.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.1
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.5
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.9
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.24
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 5
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 10
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 20
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 55
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 90
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 120
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 190
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 275
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 505
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 5
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 610
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 770
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 76
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 171
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 148
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 35
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 28
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 1
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 655
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 97
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 361
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 9
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 64
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 378
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 20
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 46
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 67
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 257
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- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 389
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- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 2.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 4.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 6.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 12.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 16.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 26.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 29.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 9.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 11.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 30.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 8.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 24.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.9
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 1.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 5.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 6.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 26.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 26.13
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 1.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 3.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 28.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 54.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.14
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 17.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 19.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 38.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.11
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.12
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.1
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 16.4
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 25.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 29.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.3
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