In Greek mythology,
Agamemnon was the king of
Mycenae or Argos (different
names of the same region),
son of King Atreus and Queen
Aerope. After the end of the
war, Agamemnon returned
home, where Clytemnestra
had started an affair with
Aegisthus. The two of them
plotted against Agamemnon
and killed him, thus Aegisthus
becoming the ruler of
Mycenae again. Orestes,
Agamemnon’s son, later
avenged his father’s death by
killing the two lovers;
however, this caused the
wrath of the Erinyes, because
he committed matricide