Agamemnon was the legendary king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army in the Trojan War of Homer's Illiad. Agamemnon is a great warrior but also a selfish ruler who famously upset his invincible champion Achilles, a feud that prolonged the war and suffering of his men.
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1750 BCE - 1300 BCETroy VI - probable Troy of Homer's Iliad. City at its zenith.
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c. 1550 BCEGold death masks (including that of 'Agamemnon') made at Mycenae.
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c. 1500 BCE - 1200 BCEMycenae at its peak of influence.
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1334 BCETrojan War, according to Duris of Samos.
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c. 1250 BCETrojan War, according to Herodotus.
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1184 BCETrojan War, according to Eratosthenes.
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c. 800 BCE - c. 700 BCEHomer of Greece writes his Iliad and Odyssey.
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458 BCEAeschylus' tragedy trilogy Orestia: 'Agamemnon', Libation Bearers or 'Choephori', and 'The Eumenides' is first performed.
