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Bookmark or Share- Eumenides - MythopediaBut whereas the justice of the Agamemnon and the Libation Bearers is largely based on retribution, the Eumenides moves towards a notion of justice as fundamentally rooted in law. Thus, while the Erinyes physically embody the retributive justice of the first two plays, legal due process ultimately wins the day over vendetta.
- Iliad - MythopediaThe Iliad begins in Book 1 by outlining the origins of a fateful quarrel within the Achaean camp between Achilles, the greatest hero of his time, and Agamemnon, the army’s commander-in-chief. Agamemnon refuses to release his slave-girl Chriseis to her father, the Trojan priest Chryses, who asks Apollo to punish the Achaeans with a terrible ...
- Achilles - MythopediaAgamemnon, the king of Mycenae and the commander of the Greek army, learned from the prophet Calchas that the winds would only turn if he sacrificed his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, to Artemis. This volute-krater (a bowl used for mixing wine and water) depicts the sacrifice of Iphigenia (c. 370 BCE-350 BCE).
- Menelaus – MythopediaMenelaus and his brother Agamemnon were usually said to be the sons of Atreus. Their mother was Aerope, Atreus’ wife. According to an alternative genealogy, however, their father was Pleisthenes, who was himself a son of Atreus (thus making Menelaus and Agamemnon the grandsons, rather than the sons, of Atreus).
- Iphigenia - MythopediaAccording to most sources, Iphigenia was the firstborn child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, the king and queen of Mycenae. Agamemnon led the Greeks to victory during the Trojan War, while Clytemnestra was best known for murdering Agamemnon when he returned from Troy. However, there were other traditions regarding Iphigenia’s parentage.
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