ID: 901001079 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001079	Record Type: Character/Person

	Agamemnon (Greek character)

Note: In Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. He was the son (or grandson) of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and his wife Aërope and was the brother of Menelaus. After Atreus was murdered by his nephew Aegisthus (son of Thyestes), Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta, whose daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, they respectively married. By Clytemnestra, Agamemnon had a son, Orestes, and three daughters, Iphigeneia (Iphianassa), Electra (Laodice), and Chrysothemis. Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus, and Agamemnon recovered his father’s kingdom.

Names:

	Agamemnon (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Greek character) (English,U,N)
	Agamemno (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Ἀγαμέμνων (Greek character) (Greek-P,D,N)
	Agamemnonas (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	أجاممنون (Greek character) (Arabic-P,D,N)
	アガメムノーン (Greek character) (Japanese-P,D,N)
	阿伽门农 (Greek character) (Chinese-P,D,N)
	Агамемнон (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Agamemnon (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	parent of .... Orestes, King of Argos
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character)) [901001077]

	parent of .... Iphigenia
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Iphigenia (Greek character)) [901001951]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... king (person)
	.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Mycenaean
	.....(Late Helladic, Helladic, Aegean Bronze Age periods, Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Mycenae
	.....(Argolís regional division, Pelopónnisos region, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Agamemnon (Greek character)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(AGAMEMNON) Agamemnon
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014018248
	Agamemno (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ἀγαμέμνων (Greek character)
	................Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
	アガメムノーン (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	阿伽门农 (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Агамемнон (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 9 June 2017
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014018248
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Agamemnon)