Who Is Responsible For Agamemnon's Death

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Short writing #3 The death of Iphigenia was mainly because Agamemnon killed a holy stag which made Artemis, goddess of the wilderness super irate. She had to get him back, so she stopped the winds so that the army could not sail to Troy. Agamemnon had to have his daughter killed in spite of that. Clytemnestra needed revenge for Agamemnon killing her so she killed him. She plans the murder with brutal tenacity and feels no remorse after his death. She is convinced of her own uprightness and of the justice of getting to kill the man who caused the death of her daughter. Agamemnon was obliged to kill his daughter in order for the war to continue. Agamemnon loved his daughter more than anything in the world, and it crushed him inside to

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