Ăgămemnon, ŏnis, m. (nom. Agamemno, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 47; Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 17; Stat. Ach. 1, 553), = Ἀγαμέμνων,
I king of Mycenae , son of Atreus and of Aërope , brother of Menelaüs , husband of Clytaemnestra , father of Orestes , Iphigenia , and Electra , commander-in-chief of the Grecian forces before Troy , and murdered by his wife , with the aid of Aegisthus , her paramour. —Poet., for his time : vixēre fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, Hor. C. 4, 9, 25- 28.—Hence,
1 Ăgămemnŏnĭdēs , ae, patr. m. , = Ἀγαμεμνονίδης, a male descendant of Agamemnon; his son Orestes : par Agamemnonidae crimen, i. e. the matricide of Orestes , Juv. 8, 215.—
2 Ăgămem-nŏnĭus , a, um, adj., = Ἀγαμεμνόνιος, of or pertaining to Agamemnon (poet.): phalanges, i. e. the Grecian troops before Troy , commanded by Agamemnon , Verg. A. 6, 489: Mycenae, ruled by Agamemnon , id. ib. 6, 838: Orestes, son of Agamemnon , id. ib. 4, 471: puella, daughter of Agamemnon , i. e. Iphigenia , Prop. 5, 1, 111.