Place in Homer’s Odyssey

Argos

Agamemnon's realm over the water

The realm Agamemnon ruled and the horse-country the war-stories keep returning to — in the poem's mouth 'Argos' can be his city, the whole Peloponnese, or all Greece at once. Theoclymenus is on the run from a killing there when Telemachus takes him aboard at Pylos.

Bonds

• Agamemnon king of Argos — his realm over the water

Appears in

• Book I Visit of Athena to Telemachus
• Book III Interview of Telemachus with Nestor
• Book IV Conference of Telemachus and Menelaus
• Book XV Return of Telemachus
• Book XVIII Combat of Odysseus and Irus
• Book XXI The Bending of the Bow of Odysseus
• Book XXIV Conclusion

Scenes

1. Penelope silences the bard — Book I. Penelope asks Phemius for different song
2. The Fleet’s Quarrel — Book III. Nestor recalls Atreus brothers’ quarrel
3. The Full Tale of Murder — Book III. Nestor tells of Aegisthus, Menelaus’s voyage
4. Menelaus Mourns Odysseus — Book IV. Menelaus mourns brother, grieves Odysseus
5. Peisistratus Confirms His Friend — Book IV. Peisistratus confirms him, talk draws tears
6. Odysseus on Calypso’s Isle — Book IV. Odysseus weeps, Menelaus promised Elysium
7. Lament and Comfort — Book IV. Eurycleia confesses helping Telemachus
8. The Dream Speaks — Book IV. Phantom says Athena guides her son
9. Leave Requested — Book XV. Telemachus asks leave of Menelaus
10. Melampus’s Line — Book XV. Peisistratus leaves, poet traces Melampus
11. Theoclymenus Taken Aboard — Book XV. Fugitive Theoclymenus begs passage aboard
12. Eurymachus Flatters Penelope — Book XVIII. Eurymachus flatters, Penelope cites charge
13. Telemachus’s Attempt — Book XXI. Telemachus tries bow, yields to father
14. Achilles’ Funeral Recalled — Book XXIV. Agamemnon recalls Achilles’s funeral games

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