Editing Agamemnon (section)

== Etymology ==
Different etymologies have been proposed for the name ''Agamemnon'' ({{lang|grc|Ἀγαμέμνων}}). According to one view, the name means 'very steadfast', 'unbowed' or 'resolute'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Graves |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Graves |title=The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition |title-link=The Greek Myths |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2017 |isbn=9780241983386 |pages=418, 682}}</ref> This is based on the interpretation of the name as a compound word comprising the elements {{lang|grc|[[wikt:ἄγαν|ἄγαν]]}} 'very much' and {{lang|grc|[[wikt:μένω|μένω]]}} 'to stay, wait; stand fast'.<ref name="VB">{{Cite book |last=Blažek |first=Václav |author-link=Václav Blažek |chapter=Agamemnon |title=Studies in Greek Lexicography |date=2019 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-062274-4 |editor-last=Charalambakis |editor-first=Christoforos |series=Trends in Classics – Supplementary Volumes, Vol. 72 |location=Berlin |editor-last2=Giannakis |editor-first2=Georgios K. |editor-last3=Montanari |editor-first3=Franco |editor-last4=Rengakos |editor-first4=Antonios |pp=120–121}}</ref> According to another view, the name developed from the [[Linguistic reconstruction|unattested form]] *{{lang|grc|Ἀγαμέδμων}} (*{{transliteration|grc|Agamédmōn}}), a compound word composed of the elements {{lang|grc|ἄγαν}} 'very much' and {{lang|grc|[[wikt:μέδομαι|μέδομαι]]}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beekes |first=R. S. P. |author-link=Robert S. P. Beekes |title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |year=2010 |volume=1 |pages=8}}</ref> 'to think on, provide for', with the overall meaning of 'very mindful'. Yet another proposal derives the second part of the compound word from {{lang|grc|[[wikt:μέμονα|μέμονα]]}} 'to be inclined, to wish eagerly, to strive' for the overall meaning of 'very eagerly wishing'.<ref name="VB"/> Linguist [[Václav Blažek]] proposes a relationship with [[Vedic Sanskrit]] ''[[Agni]]'' on etymological and functional bases.{{Sfn|Blažek|2019|pp=121–129}}