Agamemnon

Agamemnon          Greek Mythological Allusion         Source: Mythology by Edith Hamilton

•  Son of Atreus
• Commander of Greek forces at Troy 
• Sacrificed his own daughter, Iphigenia; said she was to marry Achilles but was instead killed at the altar, to get "good winds" for Troy 

Arrived home glorious, triumphant, and successful, but crowd that greeted him said "evil happenings" would come to him

• Wife, Clytemnestra, obtained a lover after seeing her daughter be killed be her husband 
• Killed Agamemnon because he had killed their daughter and she felt as though it was right
• "Most unfortunate of victorious chieftains " at the fall of Troy
• Arrived home glorious, triumphant, and successful, but crowd that greeted him said "evil happenings" would come to him
• One story says he was killed by his wife's lover at the dinner table, "struck down as one butchers an ox"

Commentary: The theme of Agamemnon's story is making an impossible decision. One of these decisions, in this case, killing his own daughter, is sinful. This reminds me of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as the two both make the decision to kill themselves so they can be with their true love, whom each already thinks is dead.

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