The Murder of Agamemnon
Upon his victorious return from the Trojan War, King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. The assassination is a carefully orchestrated act of revenge for Agamemnon's earlier sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia. This betrayal marks a dark climax in the curse of the House of Atreus, leading to further cycles of vengeance.