Listen to Agamemnon's Ghost Telling Odysseus How He Was Murdered
Learn about the fate of Agamemnon, according to Homer's Odyssey, Book XI, by listening to his ghost telling Odysseus how he was murdered.
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Transcript
AGAMEMNON: Noble son of Laertes, wise and cunning Odysseus,
I did not die at sea, fighting a fearful storm;
I was not attacked on land in open fight.
No. Aegisthus planned and carried out my death,
helped by my devilish wife. Inviting me to his home,
he gave me dinner, and killed me like an ox killed at the stall.
That was a wretched death! All around me, my comrades
were cut relentlessly down like pigs slaughtered for meat.
You have witnessed the violent deaths of many men--
some killed in duels, some in the rough melee;
but there was a sight which would have gripped your heart,
to see us there beside the wine-bowl and the feast
lying felled to the ground and the floor seething with blood!
I did not die at sea, fighting a fearful storm;
I was not attacked on land in open fight.
No. Aegisthus planned and carried out my death,
helped by my devilish wife. Inviting me to his home,
he gave me dinner, and killed me like an ox killed at the stall.
That was a wretched death! All around me, my comrades
were cut relentlessly down like pigs slaughtered for meat.
You have witnessed the violent deaths of many men--
some killed in duels, some in the rough melee;
but there was a sight which would have gripped your heart,
to see us there beside the wine-bowl and the feast
lying felled to the ground and the floor seething with blood!