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He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Iphigenia, Iphianassa, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis. [1] Legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, thought to be different names for the same area. [2]
Agamemnon, in Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. When the Trojan prince Paris carried off Helen, wife of his brother Menelaus, Agamemnon called for revenge and led the Greek forces to victory during the Trojan War. On his return home he was murdered by his wife and her lover.
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Jul 12, 2023 · Agamemnon, son of Atreus, was the king of Mycenae (or Argos, in some traditions) and the most powerful king of mythical times. When his brother’s wife Helen ran off with a handsome prince from Troy, Agamemnon raised an immense army to get her back.
Sep 18, 2018 · Agamemnon was the legendary king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer's Illiad. Agamemnon is a great warrior but also a selfish...
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- Agamemnon is known as the king of Mycenae in Greek mythology and leader of the Greek army which attacked Troy in the Trojan War.
- Agamemnon was a courageous leader but his selfish pride caused a feud with his best warrior Achilles during the Trojan War, an action that meant th...
- King Agamemnon is a figure from Greek mythology and epic literature. There are no historical records of a ruler of Mycenae by that name.
- King Agamemnon did quite a few bad things. He upset Artemis when he boasted he was a better hunter than the goddess and then, in some texts, sacrif...
Jan 9, 2022 · One important person to take part in the Trojan War was Agamemnon. Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae, which is also referred to as Argos. He’s most known for his contributions to the Greek side of the conflict, but his life is more complex than most realize.
Mar 27, 2021 · The story of Agamemnon is not limited to the events in the Iliad. He also appears in works dealing with his life and death after the Trojan War, such as Aeschylus’ play, Agamemnon, in which the king is killed after his return from Troy, and in Homer’s Odyssey, where he appears as one of the shades in the underworld.
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Agamemnon ( Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων) was a legendary king of Mycenae, as told in The Iliad. The son of Atreus and Aerope, he was the brother of Menelaus, and the commander of the unified Greek forces in the Trojan War.
