Howbeit he abode amid his beaked, seafaring ships in utter wrath against Agamemnon, Atreus' son, shepherd of the host. |
The antistrophe, which contains the words of Agamemnon, is spoken by a single male voice. |
Iphigenia was sacrificed to the goddess Artemis by Agamemnon so that the Greek fleet could sail away to Troy. |
The finds from the Shaft Graves at Mycenae contained massive quantities of gold and silver plate, including the gold death mask of Agamemnon. |
But when Spartan Princess Helen cuckolds Menelaus with Trojan Prince Paris, warmongering Agamemnon uses it as an excuse for launching an all out war on Troy. |
Athene intervenes to check his urge to kill Agamemnon on the spot, and he withdraws in a sulk from the fighting. |