Agamemnon, King of Mycenae Agamemnon is one of the most famous characters in Classical Greek literature. Apart from appearing in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Agamemnon was also a favorite character amongst Greek writers of tragedy, as his triumphant return from Troy was soon followed by his murder at the hands of either his wife, Clytemnestra or her lover, Aegisthus. It was the work of the 2 nd century A.D. traveler, Pausanias, that would provide Schliemann with the clues required to uncover the tomb of Agamemnon. In Mycenae, according to Pausanias, “there are also underground ...