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View Name: Agamemnon


AGAMEMNON
GENDER: Masculine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Αγαμεμνων (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: ag-ə-MEM-nahn (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Possibly meaning "very steadfast" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was the brother of Menelaus. He led the Greek expedition to Troy to recover his brother's wife Helen. After the Trojan War Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra.
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