Agamemnon
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Agamemnon was the king of Mycenae (PROSE: The Myth Makers) and the brother of Menelaus. He claimed that the Trojan War, fought to get Menelaus' wife Helen, back was a matter of honour.
When Achilles brought the First Doctor to Agamemnon, claiming he was Zeus, and Odysseus said the Doctor was a spy, Agamemnon was unsure of his course of action. He placed the Doctor under a "reverent" arrest and offered him hospitality. When the Doctor tried to show Agamemnon his temple, it was gone, and the Doctor was forced to admit he and Steven Taylor were not gods, merely travellers. Agamemnon ordered them killed. The Doctor, however, managed to convince Agamemnon and Odysseus to try his idea of a Trojan Horse to win their war. (TV: The Myth Makers [+]Loading...["The Myth Makers (TV story)"])
Agamemnon was featured in the play Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare, which was set during the Trojan War. In a variant version of the play, the Prologue eavesdropped on Act II Scene II by concealing himself within an urn in Priam's palace. At the end of the scene, he noted it was time for him to leave "before the siege comes to a fiery end and Agamemnon's flames have the effect of boiling me inside this goodly pot". (PROSE: Troilus and Cressida [+]Loading...["Troilus and Cressida (short story)"])
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- He was played by Brian Cox in the 2004 film Troy.
