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I can be a little more specific than that. Agamemnon is best known for being the King of Mycenae (and much of Achaea) during the time of the Trojan War. He was from the doomed house of Atreus (which was founded by Tantalus, son of Zeus), and his life was dominated by rape, murder, cannibalism and general debauchery.
Agamemnon's father killed and fed his brother Thyestes' children to him because he was caught with Atreus' wife. Thyestes fathered a son by how own daughter and that son, Aegisthus vowed revenge. He killed Atreus and placed his father on the throne. Agamemnon and his younger brother, Menelaus fled to Sparta and lived there until the death of Thyestes, when Agamemnon went back to claim the throne.
Since he was Menelaus' older brother, when the time came for the suitors of Helen to repay their promise to protect her, he led the armies his brother called. He wasn't responsible for the Greek victory, though, that largely lay with Achilles and Odysseus.
Upon returning to Mycenae, Agamemnon discovered that his wife, Clytemnestra had taken Aegisthus as a lover and the pair murdered him.
-Indiriel
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He was the king of Greece and a distant descendant of Zeus. He took part in the Trojan war. He was also brother - in law to Helen of Troy.
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What happened to Agamemnon after the fall of troy?
Agamemnon , upon his return home from Troy , was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra's lover Aegisthus .
What happened to Paris in the Trojan War?
He was killed with a knife from Agamemnon.
Who was the king of Greece when the war of troy happened?
Agamemnon, king of the city of Mycenae, not of Greece. .
How did king agamemnon insult the seer of Apollo?
Agamemnon sacked the temple and stole the Seer's priestesses, giving one, Briseis, to Achilles, and keeping the other, Chryseis, who so happened to be the Seer's daughter, for himself.
What does agamemnon tell Odysseus about how men should feel about women?
Agamemnon was murdered by his own wife who had cheated on him. Agamemnon warns Odysseus to be careful of his wife and take the following precautions:He should not announce his coming but sneak into Ithaca.He should not tell her everything at first.Agamemnon says that after what has happened to him, there is no trusting women.
What happened to Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War in Odysseus?
Odysseus was on his 10 year wanderings home, so he wasn't involver. Agamemnon was murdered by the boyfriend his wife had taken up with during his long absence.
What happened to Argamemnon after the Trojan war?
Upon Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
What happened to Hector Achilles Paris Patroclus and Agamemnon?
Patroclos killed in battle by Hector Hector killed in battle by Achilles Achilles killed in battle by Paris Paris killed in battle by Philoctetes Agamemnon killed by his wife Clytmnestra
Who was the greek leader at the siege of troy?
Agamemnon.
Who are Menelaus and Agamemnon?
Menelaus and Agamemnon were brothers. Menelaus was the king of Sparta, and Agamemnon was the commander of the Achaeans in the Trojan war. Menelaus was married to Helen, and Agamemnon was married to Clytemnestra.
What does chryses do to try to get his daughter chryseis back from agamemnon?
Begs Agamemnon, and compares him self to Agamemnon's father.
Is Agamemnon a god?
No, Agamemnon was the very mortal King of Mycenae.
