The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory NotesAeschylus
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The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Aeschylus
Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- Drama
[P. 73, l. 1602, Pleisthenês.]—Apparently one of the ancestors of
Atreus, but it is not clear where he comes in the genealogy. He may be
identical with Pelops.
[P. 74, l. 1617, Oarsman of the nether row.]—On an ancient galley,
bireme or trireme, the rowers of the lower bank of oars ranked as
inferior to those who used the long oars from the deck.
[P. 76, l. 1654.]—Clytemnestra, see Introduction, p. xiii. She longs
for peace, yet after all “Had Zimri peace who slew his master?” The
end of the play leaves us waiting for the return of Orestes. In the
first scene of the _Libation-Bearers,_ he is discovered standing by
night at his father’s grave.
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