But a little son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, Orestes, stays alive. After that, they ruled in Argos as a king and a queen. When he washed in the bath, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus threw a cover over him and hit him with an ax. Two avengers find each other: Aegisthus and Clytemnestra become lovers, and those ten years that the war lasted, were waiting for the return of Agamemnon. The Greeks sailed to Troy and Clytemnestra stayed at Argos thinking only of one thing - revenge for her daughter. The leader won in Agamemnon over father's feelings and he gave Iphigenia to death. Indeed, Artemis sent to the Greek ships contrary winds, and demands a human sacrifice - a young Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

Soothsayers said that two kings would take Troy, full of treasures, but they could not escape the wrath of the goddess Artemis, the patroness of pregnant women and mothers. There they received an ambiguous sign: two eagle devoured a pregnant hare.

When the Trojan War started, because of Helen, the Greek army under the command of Agamemnon gathered for sailing in the harbor of Aulis. They married two sisters: Menelaus with Helen, Agamemnon with Clytemnestra. The third son of Thyestes named Aegisthus, escaped and grew up in a foreign land, to seek only one thing: revenge for his father.Ītreus had two sons: the heroes of the Trojan War, Agamemnon and Menelaus. For this a terrible curse laid down on Atreus and his family. In this struggle Thyestes seduced Atreus’ wife, and Atreus killed Thyestes’ two young children and fed their meat to Thyestes. Atreus, Agamemnon's father, brutally fought for power with his brother Thyestes. They had to commit crimes and to pay for their own crimes and others’. But his fate was terrible, and the fate of his son Orestes - even worse. He was the chief of all the Greek forces in the Trojan War and then conquered and destroyed Troy. The most powerful king in the latest generation of Greek heroes was Agamemnon, the king of Argos. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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