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24 apr 2024 · Agamemnon, in Greek legend, king of Mycenae or Argos. He was the son (or grandson) of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and his wife Aërope and was the brother of Menelaus. After Atreus was murdered by his nephew Aegisthus (son of Thyestes), Agamemnon and Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, king of Sparta, whose daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, they ...
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5 giorni fa · According to this setting, the real Helen never went to Troy, but was swept off by Hera out of spite to Egypt because Hera was unhappy with losing the beauty contest. Euripides further clarifies that the woman Paris was with was not the real Helen at all, she was just a phantasm. The real Helen was in Egypt, still loyal to Menalaus.
3 mag 2024 · Menelaus, in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and younger son of Atreus, king of Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War. During the war Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the commander in chief of the Greek forces. When Phrontis, one of his crewmen, was killed, Menelaus delayed his voyage until the man ...
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30 apr 2024 · Helen-Queen of Sparta, Daughter of Gods. April 30, 2024. Helen stands at her balcony, watching the Greek army slaughter the Trojans within their own streets. It didn’t scare her, when the gates opened and the invaders poured in. They weren’t invaders to her, after all.
4 giorni fa · Helen of Troy, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl, she was carried off by Theseus, but she was rescued by her brothers. She was also the sister of Clytemnestra, who married Agamemnon.
26 apr 2024 · Safeena’s recent theatre work includes She at London’s Tara Theatre and on tour, in which she played eight characters, Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show, Cassandra, Andromache and Menalaus in Troilus and Cressida (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Coriolanus (Rose Theatre Bankside).
28 apr 2024 · Safeena’s recent theatre work includes She at London’s Tara Theatre and on tour, in which she played eight characters, Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show, Cassandra, Andromache and Menalaus in Troilus and Cressida (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Coriolanus (Rose Theatre Bankside).
