clytemnestra kills agamemnon Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/clytemnestra-kills-agamemnon Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Agamemnon, Clytemnestra & Aegisthus http://travelsfinders.com/agamemnon-clytemnestra-aegisthus.html http://travelsfinders.com/agamemnon-clytemnestra-aegisthus.html#respond Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:36:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=244912 Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had four children: a son, Orestes, and three daughters, Iphigenia (sometimes called Iphianassa), Electra and Chrysothemis. Mycenae flourished, becoming the most powerful city in all Greece. But once again the shedding of family blood brought disaster. In fulfilment of an oath, war was declared when Paris took Helen to Troy. As Menelaus’ elder brother and the most powerful of all kings, Agamemnon was appointed to lead the expedition to retrieve her, so he ordered the Greek army to assemble at the Bay of Aulis, opposite Euboea in the east of Greece. While there, Agamemnon asked his prophet

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