Cassandra was the Trojan prophetess whose tragic story ends inside the citadel of Mycenae. A daughter of King Priam of Troy, she received the gift of true prophecy from the god Apollo, yet the same god cursed her when she refused him, so that no listener would ever believe her warnings. She foresaw the destruction … Read more
Iphigenia stands among the most sorrowful figures of Greek myth, the princess of Mycenae whose fate opens a long chain of grief within the royal house. She is the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, born into the ruling line of a citadel that commanded the Greek world of legend. Her story turns on … Read more
Clytemnestra stands among the darkest and strongest figures of Greek myth, the queen of Mycenae and wife of King Agamemnon. Daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, sister of Helen of Troy, she ruled the great citadel while her husband led the Greeks across the sea to war. Legend hands her a fierce will and a long … Read more
The Trojan War is the great legendary conflict of Greek myth, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy in Asia Minor by a coalition of Greek kingdoms. Homer’s epic poem the Iliad places Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, at the head of that Greek host, making his citadel the leading power of the heroic age. … Read more
The House of Atreus is the doomed royal dynasty of Mycenae in Greek myth, a family pursued across generations by a curse of murder and revenge. Its story descends from Pelops and Tantalus and runs through the brothers Atreus and Thyestes into the reign of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. Bloodshed answers bloodshed here, and each … Read more
Agamemnon stands as the legendary king of Mycenae in Greek myth, the commander who led the Greek forces against Troy in the war told by Homer. He was the son of Atreus and the brother of Menelaus, born into a dynasty stained by murder and revenge across generations. Myth ties his name to the shaft … Read more