Agamemnon

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.10 sons of Atreus

  Agamemnon and Menelaus, the 'proud' Greek leaders Priam slipped past with Mercury's guidance.

• The Odes §2.4 son of Atreus

  Agamemnon, who 'burned in mid-triumph' for the ravished captive Cassandra.

• The Odes §4.9 Agamemnon

  'Many brave men lived before Agamemnon' — but unsung, they lie in 'the long night.'

• The Epistles §1.2 son of Atreus

  The 'son of Atreus,' commander of the Greeks at Troy; he forbids Ajax burial and sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia — the truly mad crime dressed as policy.

• The Satires §2.3 Son of Atreus

  Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks at Troy; he denies Ajax burial and had sacrificed his own daughter — the 'sane' man whose policy is the real madness.