Aeschylus Agamemnon 104–05, Homer and the Epic Tradition: A New Survey. (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodighiero, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Journal of Hellenic studies. Volume 138(2018)
• Page Start: 36
• Page End: 49
• Publication Date: 2018
• Subjects: Aeschylus, -- Agamemnon, -- epic tradition, -- Homeric enjambement; Greek philology -- Periodicals; Inscriptions, Greek -- Periodicals; Greece -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; 938
• DOI: 10.1017/S0075426918000022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0075-4269

Abstract

Abstract: This article is a discussion and analysis of Aeschylus Agamemnon 104–05, with special reference to the epic models operating behind the typically Homeric enjambement ἀνδρῶν / ἐκτελέων. The ἄνδρες should be understood as the Argive heroes of the expedition against Troy, and not as the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus. This interpretation is supported by a number of examples taken from Archaic and Hellenistic epic poems.