Agamemnon
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Naquib Rupawalla Myth & Meaning 20th Feb 2002 AGAMEMNON Agamemnon is a great Greek tragedy play. It's a story of the Trojan War, which lasted for ten years and greatly influenced the future. Clytemnestra was Helen's half-sister. After the death of her son and husband she saw Agamemnon become king. She had a daughter with Agamemnon, named Iphigenia. When the war began, Agamemnon sacrificed Iphinia to Artemis so he could go to fight at Troy. After the sacrifice of her daughter, Clytemnestra was devastated and was furious with her husband's decision. In my view she was so infuriated with Agamemnon for sacrificing her daughter and began to compose plans to try to kill him. When Agamemnon returned home with his newly won prize Cassandra, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered them both. Some believe that Agamemnon was killed because he brought over Cassandra as a concubine but I believe that the murder was planned before the...

