Agamemnon was the most powerful king in Greece and the commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. The king of kings pops up in lots of myths, and most of the time he's a total jerk. (Check ou...

Clytemnestra comes off a lot differently depending on who's talking about her. If you asked ancient writers in the anti-Clytemnestra camp, she's an adulterous queen who sleeps with her husband's co...

Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's oldest daughter definitely gets the raw end of this deal. Her father sacrifices her to Artemis to atone for his own crime against the goddess. The virginal girl is tota...