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, son of Atreus and King of Argos and Mycenae; Commander-in-Chief of the Greek armies in the War against Troy.

, daughter of Tyndareus, sister of Helen; wife to Agamemnon.

, son of Thyestes, cousin and blood-enemy to Agamemnon, lover to Clytemnestra.

, daughter of Priam, King of Troy, a prophetess; now slave to Agamemnon.

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of Argive Elders, faithful to.

, ''brother to Agamemnon, husband of Helen, and King of Sparta. The two sons of Atreus are called the Atreidae''.

, most beautiful of women; daughter of Tyndareus, wife to ; beloved and carried off by Paris.

, ''son of Priam, King of Troy, lover of Helen. Also called''.

, the aged King of Troy.

The Greeks are also referred to as Achaians, Argives, Danaans; Troy is also called Ilion.

The play was produced in the archonship of Philocles (458 B.C.).

The first prize was won by Aeschylus with the "Agamemnon," "Libation-Bearers," "Eumenides," and the Satyr Play "Proteus."