Agamemnon

First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2

Agamemnon succeeded to the power of the descendants of Pelops. He raised a confederate expedition against Troy, enabled, in the account’s opinion, more by his strength than by the oaths of Tyndareus.

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• Agamemnon succeeded to the power of the descendants of Pelops.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2)
  • “To all this Agamemnon succeeded.”
• Agamemnon raised a confederate expedition against Troy.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2 · 📍 Troy)
  • “What enabled Agamemnon to raise the armament was more, in my opinion, his superiority in strength, than the oaths of Tyndareus, which bound the suitors to follow him.”

Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 2

• with Pelops (Agamemnon succeeded to the power of Pelops's descendants.) “And so the power of the descendants of Pelops came to be greater than that of the descendants of Perseus. To all this Agamemnon succeeded.”
• with Pelops (Agamemnon succeeded to the power of Pelops's descendants.) “And so the power of the descendants of Pelops came to be greater than that of the descendants of Perseus. To all this Agamemnon succeeded.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.