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单词 agamemnon
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Ag•a•mem•non  (ag′ə memnon, -nən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a king of Mycenae, a son of Atreus and brother of Menelaus. He led the Greeks in the Trojan War and was murdered by Clytemnestra, his wife, upon his return from Troy.
  2. Literature(italics) a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus. Cf. Oresteia.
  • *Agaménmon-, equivalent. to aga- great + men- (truncation of Menelaus, meaning king) + -mon- suffix used in shortened names
  • Greek Agamémnon- (stem of Agamémnōn),

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Agamemnon /ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn/ n
  1. a king of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy. On his return home he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
    See also Menelaus
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