Reread lines 163-169. agamemnon was the greek king who led the war against the trojans. consider what odysseus says about agamemnon; what point is he making about himself by claiming this association?

Agamemnon helped his younger brother Menelaus sack Troy, when the younger's wife, Helen, escaped to Troy with Paris. In all accounts, he was a ruthless and fierce ruler with great power. When Odysseus made the claim of not only knowing Agamemnon, but playing a major part in the sacking of Troy, he meant to intimidate the cyclops, or at least cause him to rethink any actions he might take. This claim was meant to show that he was a fierce warrior and that it would be foolish to underestimate him.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.