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NOTES TO THE AGAMEMNON


The chief characters in the play belong to one family, as is shown by the two genealogies:—

(Also, a sister of Agamemnon, name variously given, married Strophios, and was the mother of Pylades.)


P. 1. l. 1.]—The Watchman, like most characters in Greek tragedy, comes from the Homeric tradition, though in Homer (Od. iv. 524) he is merely a servant of Aigisthos.

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