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    Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. He was married to Clytemnestra, but incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis after killing one of her sacred deer. Upon his return from Troy, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon in revenge for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis before the war.

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    Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. He was married to Clytemnestra, but incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis after killing one of her sacred deer. Upon his return from Troy, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon in revenge for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis before the war.

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    Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. He was married to Clytemnestra, but incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis after killing one of her sacred deer. Upon his return from Troy, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon in revenge for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis before the war.

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    Agamemnon

    King of Mycenae

    By: Max Nolan


    Family
    • Son of King Atrius of Mycenae and Queen Aerope
    • Agamemnon had one brother, Menelaus
    • Agamemnon was married to Clytemnestra.
    Agamemnon’s Brothers
    • Agamemnon had two siblings that were slaughtered by his
    father and fed to Agamemnon.
    History
    Agamemnon
    • was the leader of a part Greece.
    • was commander of the Achaeans.
    • was forced to sail to troy.
    • related himself to the goddess Artemis.
    History (Continued)
    • After Agamemnon killed one of
    Artemis’s animals, he bragged
    about being a better hunter than
    she.
    • His crew suffered through a plague
    and loss of wind from his actions.
    Death
    • Agamemnon was off course when he returned, so his wife
    assumed he was dead, and remarried.
    • When Agamemnon finally returned Clytemnestra beat
    Agamemnon to death.
    The END

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