Rise+of+Mycenae+Events+and+Leaders+Ngawang

-  The founder of Mycenae was Perseus. < []>
 * // Events and Leaders //**

<__ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/8707/Agamemnon __> -  Later, ruler of Mycenae named Atreus had two sons named Agamemnon and Menelaus. -  Atreus was murdered by his nephew, Aegisthus. -  Agamemnon and Menelaus took revenge along with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. -  Tyndareus had two daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen. -  Agamemnon married Clytemnestra and Menelaus married Helen. -  King Agamemnon became Mycenae’s legendary ruler. -  Beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus, Agamemnon’s brother, was captured by Paris of Troy. -  Menelaus dueled with Paris and was about to win when Hektor steps in and kills Menelaus. <>   -   The Trojan War began. -    According to history, Hektor, the bravest and strongest warrior of Troy, killed Achilles of Greece’s cousin during a battle. <>



<__ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/606309/Trojan-War __> -  The Greeks under Agamemnon’s command, pretended to withdraw from the war. -  Left behind a large wooden horse in which Greek soldiers were hidden. -  Troy was raided in the middle of night. -  Achilles took revenge and killed Hektor. -  Troy was nothing without Hektor. -  The Trojan war lasted 10 years. -  The civilization of Troy was destroyed, putting Mycenae in the top.

<__ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/8707/Agamemnon __> -  While Agamemnon was in the war, Aegisthus had seduced Clytemnestra and ruled the kingdom without his presence. -  Together they murdered Agamemnon. -  Orestes took revenge, killed his mother and her lover.

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