Aegisthus : son of Thyestes. He survived the murder of his brothers, killed his uncle Atreus (q.v.), became the lover of Clytemnestra (q.v.) & helped her kill her husband Agamemnon (q.v.). In revenge, Agamemnon’s son, Orestes (q.v.), killed him.
... Menelaus returned to Sparta along with Helen as his queen. When Agamemnon reached Mycenae he clasped his land and kissed it. But during his long absence, his wife, Clytaemnestra, had taken his cousin Aegisthus for king; and when Agamemnon entered the Palace, they killed him. The return of Odysseus to Ithaca was also very sad. Homer tells the entire story of the return of Odysseus to Ithaca in another ...
... brother of Menelas King of Mycenae and Argos. Agamemnon was the commander in chief of the Greek forces against Troy. On his return to Greece, he was murdered by his wife Clymnestra and her paramour Aegisthus; his death was avenged by his children. Agamemnon's funeral mask Ajax: son of Telamon, he was also called the Telamonian Ajax. He was the leader of the warriors of ...
... brother of Menelaus, King of Mycenae and Argos, Agamemnon was the commander in chief of the Greek forces against Troy. On his return to Greece, he was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her paramour Aegisthus; his death was avenged by his children, Electra and Orestes. Agathon: Trojan, son of Priam. Argives: alternative name for the Achaeans or Greeks. Alcimus: a ...
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