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Troy reaction series! Big thanks to team members from the Amsterdam Troy Project for coming along and reacting with me. Today ...
A famous, rich and powerful king featured in Homer’s epic poetry, Agamemnon built a coalition of forces that successfully sacked the city of Troy. He was an epic hero whose legend lives to this day.
In Elektra, Jennifer Saint breathes fresh life into the Trojan War by telling it through the eyes of Elektra, Clytemnestra, and Cassandra. This lyrical retelling lingers not on the battlefield, but on ...
“They’re laughing at me in Troy,” King Agamemnon wails. And that’s not the only place. Inspired by Homer’s “The Iliad” as filtered through the sensibility of writer David Benioff and ...
New Netflix series "Troy: Fall of a City" expands on Homer's the "Iliad," following Paris from his childhood through the destruction of Troy. But how much of it is a true story and how much is myth?
The core idea of Troy, however, remains the same.King Agamemnon (a delightfully hammy Brian Cox) has devoured the Greek kingdoms and forced them into subservience in his quest for tyrannical power.
Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in Homer's "Iliad” (he is also mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" and features in ...
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who assembled a suitably heroic cast featuring the likes of Brad Pitt, Peter O’Toole, Brian ...
Welcome to the Interactive Map of the ancient city of Troy. ... Combatants on both sides, including Achilles, Odysseus, Ajax, Agamemnon, Hector, and Aeneas remain household names even today.
The Greeks have been encamped outside Troy for a decade in their fruitless attempt to reclaim Helen, wife of Menelaus. After recent raids on neighboring towns, Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon has ...