Word: agamemnon
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...years later, however, the tremendous enthusiasm, which greeted a London production of "Agamemnon" by Oxford students again, aroused the interest of Harvard men. So it was, that in the fall of 1880, work was started on "Oedipus Rex", a unanimous decision having been made in favor of the famous tragedy of Sophocles...
...Pyrrhus, the daredevil son of Achilles. Then there is the rumor that Eteoneus, the gatekeeper, brings to Menelaus: "Your sister-in-law Clytemnestra-your double sister-in-law, I might say; your wife's sister and your brother's wife-has been living with Aegisthus ever since Agamemnon went to Troy...
...does, and he shortly looks with more favor on Pyrrhus as a possible son-in-law, for Orestes' father, Agamemnon, comes home and is murdered by Clytemnestra, who is in turn killed by Orestes. Surely it would not do to make an alliance with such a family. But Orestes meets Pyrrhus on the road and kills him after a quarrel, and Hermione elopes with Orestes...
...Significance. As Aeschylus wrote the tragedy of Agamemnon's homecoming, so Mr. Erskine has essayed the comedy of Menelaus' return. It is a comedy of manners-all conversation (and plenty of it), witty, charming, subtle. Much of it is new as milk still warm from the udder, and much of it is old as human nature. It is cast in the shape of a modern novel, and yet, as regards the number of characters for example, it almost conforms to the rules of the old Greek drama. It is a fastidious tidbit for lovers of refinement, polished facets...
...British conducted similar tests on their ship Agamemnon; 114 bombs were dropped from heights of 5,000 to 12,000 feet, and not one hit was scored...