Agamemnon or Zeus Agamemnon ( Gr. Ἀγαμέμνων) was a cultic epithet of the Greek god Zeus, [1] under which he was worshiped at Sparta. [2] [3] [4] [5] Some writers, such as Eustathius, thought that the god derived this name from the resemblance between him and the Greek hero Agamemnon; others that Zeus Agamemnon was merely a synecdoche glorifying the hero, not the god. [6] Still others believed it to be a mere epithet signifying the eternal, from agan (ἀγὰν) and menon (μένων).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agamemnon (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Agamemnon or Zeus Agamemnon ( Gr. Ἀγαμέμνων) was a cultic epithet of the Greek god Zeus, [1] under which he was worshiped at Sparta. [2] [3] [4] [5] Some writers, such as Eustathius, thought that the god derived this name from the resemblance between him and the Greek hero Agamemnon; others that Zeus Agamemnon was merely a synecdoche glorifying the hero, not the god. [6] Still others believed it to be a mere epithet signifying the eternal, from agan (ἀγὰν) and menon (μένων).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agamemnon (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.