Agamemnon Source: Edith Hamilton's "Mythology"
Commentary: The idea of a husband or father who becomes unattached to his family because of his job is constantly visited throughout literature. Agamemnon is a great example of someone who becomes blind to what is happening in his personal life because of the fame and feelings of importance of his job. This does not always lead to death, like it does in Agamemnon's story, but it does lead to the death of relationships. This is explored in more stories in the "Iliad" where the author talks about the stories of the failed relationships of Agamemnon.
- Agamemnon and Achilles were both Greek, and towards the end of the war they started to feud.
- Agamemnon was the leader of the Greeks and was part of the House of Atreus.
- Agamemnon would not let Chryseis, a captured girl, go.
- He communicated to both armies that Menelaus had won, and told the Trojans to return Helen.
- He wanted to go back to Greece.
- Ajax decided that he wanted to kill Agamemnon.
- Agamemnon was killed by his wife, (Clytemnestra).
Commentary: The idea of a husband or father who becomes unattached to his family because of his job is constantly visited throughout literature. Agamemnon is a great example of someone who becomes blind to what is happening in his personal life because of the fame and feelings of importance of his job. This does not always lead to death, like it does in Agamemnon's story, but it does lead to the death of relationships. This is explored in more stories in the "Iliad" where the author talks about the stories of the failed relationships of Agamemnon.