Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Agamemnon

AGAMEMNON

Gender: Masculine

Other Scripts: Αγαμεμνων (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: ag-ə-MEM-nahn (English) [key]

Possibly meaning "very steadfast" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was the brother of Menelaus and he led the Greek expedition to Troy to recover his brother's wife Helen. After the Trojan War Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra.

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