Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Agamemnon
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images & Videos
Gold funerary mask from Mycenae, shaped as a male face with a beard and closed eyes, known as the so-called Mask of Agamemnon. Engraving showing Iphigenia seated and pleading, supported by a woman and child, as Agamemnon turns away from her in a wooded outdoor setting. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres: Achilles Receiving the Ambassadors of Agamemnon
Listen to Agamemnon's Ghost Telling Odysseus How He Was Murdered
Quizzes
Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
From Athena to Zeus: Basics of Greek Mythology
James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
Gods, Goddesses, and Greek Mythology
mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)
A Study of Greek and Roman Mythology
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Ancient Gods and Monsters Quiz 
The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy from Two Sketches depicting the Trojan Horse, about 1760, Oil on canvas, 38.8 x 66.7 cm, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Giandomenico Tiepolo). From the National Gallery, London. Inv. no. NG3319
The Trojan War Quiz
Related Questions

Agamemnon: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • Gitanjali Roy
    Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors.

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology - Agamemnon and Iphigenia. Sep 25, 2026
Added missing punctuation. Apr 27, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Mar 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Agamemnon King of Men. Feb 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Mythica - Agamemnon. May 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The Heroic Cult of Agamemnon (PDF). Feb 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Utah State University - Aeschylus and Agamemnon. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Perseus Digital Library - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Agamemnon. Sep 25, 2024
Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology - Agamemnon and Iphigenia. Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Greek Legends and Myths - Agamemnon in Greek Mythology. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Greek Gods and Goddesses - Agamemnon. Jun 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Theoi - Aeschylus, Agamemnon. May 12, 2023
Add new Web site: Mythopedia - Agamemnon. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Agamemnon: Greek King, Trojan War Leader and Man of Power. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Roman and Greek Gods - Agamemnon. Feb 08, 2021
Revised discussion of Agamemnon's killing. May 07, 2020
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Agamemnon. Sep 19, 2016
Add new Web site: In2Greece - Agamemnon. Nov 05, 2014
Add new Web site: Dallas Area Network for Teaching and Education - Biography of Agamemnon. Feb 27, 2013
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Agamemnon. Nov 21, 2011
Article revised and updated. Oct 08, 2007
Article revised. Mar 10, 2005
Article revised. May 27, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: