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Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, was a general and hero who led the Greek army to victory in the Trojan War. He was later murdered by his wife Clytemnestra.
The Agamemnon is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE. In the play, the Greek warrior Agamemnon returns home after conquering Troy, only to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra.
Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, was a princess of Mycenae. During the Trojan War, Artemis demanded Iphigenia as a sacrifice in exchange for a wind to blow the Greek ships to Troy.
Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae. She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son.
The Iphigenia in Aulis is one of Euripides’ final plays, first performed after the playwright’s death in 406 BCE. The tragedy is a retelling of the myth of Iphigenia, who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon in exchange for a wind to carry the Greek fleet to Troy.
Aegisthus was the son of Thyestes, who had long quarreled viciously with his brother Atreus. Aegisthus eventually killed his uncle Atreus, as well as Atreus’ son Agamemnon, thus usurping the throne of Mycenae. He also took Agamemnon’s wife Clytemnestra as his lover before being killed by Agamemnon’s son Orestes.