Agamemnon was the son, or grandson, of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra, Laodike, Orestes and Chrysothemis.
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18 Facts About Agamemnon
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Agamemnon was killed upon his return from Troy, either by his wife's lover Aegisthus or by his wife herself.
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Agamemnon had a sister Anaxibia who married Strophius, the son of Crisus.
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Agamemnon extended his dominion by conquest and became the most powerful prince in Greece.
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Agamemnon gathered the reluctant Greek forces to sail for Troy.
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Agamemnon stole an attractive slave called Briseis, one of the spoils of war, from Achilles.
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Agamemnon then received a dream from Zeus telling him to rally his forces and attack the Trojans in book 2.
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Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, has taken Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, as a lover.
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Agamemnon's family history is rife with misfortune, born from several curses contributing to the miasma around the family.
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Agamemnon is forced to sacrifice his own daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the gods and allow the Greek forces to sail for Troy.
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Agamemnon is later killed by his wife, Clytemnestra, who conspires with her new lover Aegisthus in revenge for the death of Iphigenia.
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Fortunes of Agamemnon have formed the subject of numerous tragedies, ancient and modern, the most famous being the Oresteia of Aeschylus.
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Agamemnon's tomb was pointed out among the ruins of Mycenae and at Amyclae.
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Agamemnon is generally depicted with a sceptre and diadem, conventional attributes of kings.
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