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Agamemnon
The king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War.
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First appearance: A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aeschylos
Agamemnon shows up with force in A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aeschylos. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Has entered the House of Doom; his cry of death is heard offstage.
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