Agamemnon
by Aeschylus
71 pages~1 hrs
“Ten years of war were nothing compared to the homecoming.”
After a decade of brutal warfare at Troy, King Agamemnon returns home to claim his crown, unaware that a bloodier battle awaits him within his own palace walls. His queen, Clytemnestra, has spent years nursing a lethal grudge, turning a hero’s welcome into a masterclass in suspense and betrayal.
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