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El HMS Agamemnon, hundido en la bahía de Maldonado, vuelve a la batalla
El HMS (His o Her Majesty’s Ship: barco de su majestad) Agamemnon, cuyo nombre honra al rey que dirigió la expedición de los griegos contra Troya, fue un buque de guerra inglés de casi 50 metros de ...
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El Estado reparte con privados la imponente riqueza del Agamemnon
Por su valor histórico, el lote elegido por Defensa es el que contiene el emblemático cañón de 3.500 kilos del Agamemnon que estuvo 189 años sumergido en las aguas del Río de la Plata.
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The Agamemnon effect
Contributor Patrick B. Whalen says our hustle culture could learn a thing or two from Homer's ancient anti-hero Agamemnon.(Staff / The Dallas Morning News) The hustle gospel, commonplace in ...
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Hundreds of Greek Artifacts Are on the Move
Agamemnon, hero of the Trojan War, apparently flew business class, flanked by two watchful handlers in adjoining seats. The exhibition—the largest of its kind in a quarter century—has been as ...
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Un museo bajo las aguas: naufragios emblemáticos en Punta del Este
El preferido de Nelson. Fue Sergio Pronczuk quien tuvo la suerte de toparse con los restos del Agamemnon, que se dice fue el buque “preferido” del almirante inglés Horacio Nelson, además de ...
The National Interest7mon
HMS Agamemnon: The New Powerhouse Astute-Class Submarine Can Be Explained in 1 Word
Once the sub is commissioned in 2025, it will become the fifth ship of the same name to enter service with the Royal Navy since 1781. Interestingly, the first HMS Agamemnon was a 3rd rate ship of ...
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Look What We Found: Death Mask of Agamemnon
A replica of the Agamemnon Death Mask hangs in the Pettengill Hall office of Associate Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies Lisa Maurizio. “When I look at the mask,” she says, “I think of the ...
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FEMINIST ‘AGAMEMNON’ A REAL TRAGEDY
ONLY “Macbeth” in the dramatic literature of the West brings the menacing forces of the cosmos as close to us as does the “Oresteia,” Aeschylus’ trilogy of 458 B.C. – “Agamemnon ...
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Tragedy in the family: ‘Agamemnon’
Aeschylus would appreciate the irony. His ancient Greek tragedy “Agamemnon,” the story of a disastrous war in the Middle East, now plays at the Getty Villa, a palace of classical culture funde ...
BBC8mon
Nuclear-powered attack submarine is launched
The Astute-class HMS Agamemnon, named after the ancient Greek king, was hoisted into the water by BAE Systems in Barrow-in Furness. Astute class are the most powerful attack submarines ...
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Mask of Agamemnon: A gold death mask once thought to be evidence of the Trojan War
Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in Homer's "Iliad” (he is also mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" and features in ...