The ancient Greek play Agamemnon was written in 458 B.C.E by Aeschylus. It's the first play of trilogy, of three pieces dealing with the successive stages of a tragic story. The play is about the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. His wife Clytemnestra is waiting at home planning to murder him because of the decision that Agamemnon made, which was to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia. Another reason for Clytemnestra's action is because of Agamemnon's absence from his daughter for ten years had corrupted her. She fell into a relationship with Agamemnon's cousin Aegisthus, who is trying to get revenge on him because he thought he should have been the one to take over the throne, not Agamemnon.
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