# Agamemnon — Discourses character guide

> Agamemnon in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

King of Mycenae, used as an example of leadership and fate in Homeric tales.

## Relationships

### [Achilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/characters/achilles)

_rivalry_

Achilles and Agamemnon clash over honor and authority in the Trojan War, fueling a bitter personal feud.

### [Achilles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/characters/achilles)

_rivalry_

Achilles and Agamemnon clash over honor and authority in the Trojan War, fueling a bitter personal feud.

## In the story

### [On Precognitions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxii-on-precognitions)

Used as an example of misapplying the precognition of duty by refusing to return Chryseis.

### [On the Same](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxv-on-the-same)

Agamemnon is used as a character in the analogy of playing a role in life's game, where he commands the speaker to go to Achilles and take Briseis.

### [To (Or Against) a Person Who Was One of Those Who Were Not Valued (Esteemed) by Him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxiv-to-or-against-a-person-who-was-one-of-those-who-were-not-valued-esteemed-by-him)

Mentioned as an example of ignorance of what is profitable, quarreling with Achilles over Chryseis.

### [About Cynism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxii-about-cynism)

Used as an example of a leader who, despite wealth and power, was unhappy due to a neglected ruling faculty.

### [On Familiar Intimacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/ii-on-familiar-intimacy)

Used as an example of a noble character that one cannot combine with a base one like Thersites.

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