Facts about Agamemnon

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   In Aeschylus's Oresteia, Agamemnon's son Orestes avenges his father's murder by killing Clytemnestra, triggering a trial judged by Athena in Athens.

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2. 08

   Agamemnon's palace at Mycenae contained a megaron throne room with a circular hearth approximately 4.6 meters in diameter, one of the largest known Bronze Age royal chambers.

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3. 07

   Archaeological evidence from Mycenaean shaft graves at Mycenae reveals that Agamemnon's dynasty accumulated wealth through control of trade networks spanning the eastern Mediterranean from approximately 1600 to 1100 BCE.

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4. 06

   Homer's Iliad identifies Agamemnon as commander of one hundred Greek ships, making him the leader of the largest naval contingent in the Trojan War expedition.

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5. 05

   Mycenaean palace inventories document that Agamemnon controlled vast quantities of bronze, tin, and precious metals, establishing him as one of the wealthiest rulers of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean.

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6. 04

   Linear B tablets from Mycenaean palace archives reveal that Agamemnon ruled Mycenae during the Bronze Age, approximately 1250 BCE, as a wealthy wanax or regional king.

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7. 03

   Clytemnestra murdered Agamemnon in his bath upon his return from Troy, as depicted in Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy.

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8. 02

   According to Aeschylus's tragedy, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia at Aulis to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet's voyage to Troy.

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9. 01

   The Greek expedition against Troy under Agamemnon's command lasted approximately 10 years according to Homer's Iliad and subsequent Greek tradition.

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