The Libation Bearers · Character
Agamemnon
The murdered king of Argos, whose unquiet grave becomes the stage where his children swear, weep, and summon his anger.
supporting
Also known as the Agamemnon
First appearance: the libation bearers
As a supporting figure in The Libation Bearers, Agamemnon is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
His mutilated body is the focus of the invocation; the dead are awakened by human suffering and love.
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Agamemnon lies under a mound of earth in a desolate expanse, a lord slain whose reverence has gone from the land and whose hearthstone is wet with tears. He is absent and yet everywhere: the tress laid on his grave, the…
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Relationship types
- Family
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Agamemnon's family and victims
- Protagonist
- Divine and mortal agents of fate
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- Orestes
family · positive
Dead father whose murder drives Orestes' quest for vengeance. How this plays out →
- Clytemnestra
family · negative
- Electra
family · positive
- Cassandra
social · ambivalent
Relationship notes
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