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The Story of Agamemnon King Agamemnon Was A Great King
The Story of Agamemnon King Agamemnon Was A Great King
King Agamemnon was a great king who ruled over the kingdom of Mycenae. His father, Atreus, had
two sons. Atreus was murdered by his own brother. Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus, ran away
to the city-state of Sparta. The king of Sparta took them in and they were trained by Spartan warriors.
The king of Sparta at that time was Tyndareos. He gave Menelaus and Agamemnon his two of his
daughters as a gift. The daughter that he gave to Agamemnon was Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra was
actually already married to Tantalus, so Agamemnon killed Tantalus in order to marry her. Menelaus
took her sister, Helen for his wife. She was only a young teenage girl at the time. According to legend,
Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Agamemnon went back to his home in Mycenae and murdered his uncle in order to become the new
king. His wife, Clytemnestra had three daughters and one son. His daughters were Chrysothemis,
Electra and Iphigenia, and his son was Orestes. Menelaus became the king of Sparta when his father-in-
law died.
The Greeks told many stories about humans trying to be like gods. Greek myths taught lessons about
this. In myths, humans had fatal flaws that doomed them to fail. The Greeks were warning against what
they called hubris, excessive pride.The Greeks believed that individuals must face their fate with pride
and dignity, gaining as much fame as possible. People—such as Agamemnon—who believed they
could change fate by their own actions were guilty of hubris. They would eventually be punished by
Nemesis, the vengeance of the gods.