The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies

CHAPTER XXXIV.

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Heroes Celebrated by the Poets--Agamemnon--Sacrifice of Iphigenia--Quarrel with Achilles--Murder of Agamemnon by Ægisthus and Clytemnestra--Achilles--His Parentage-- Discovered by Ulysses at the Court of Lycomedes--His Quarrel with Agamemnon--Death of Patroclus--Exploits during the Siege--Death of Achilles--Sacrifice of Polyxena--Transformation of Hecuba 152