“They’re laughing at me in Troy,” King Agamemnon wails. And that’s not the only place. Inspired by Homer’s “The Iliad” as filtered through the sensibility of writer David Benioff and ...

Brian Cox recently walked Vanity Fair through several of his most high profile roles, including his turn as Agamemnon in Wolfgang Peterson’s 2004 historical war film “Troy.” The swords-and ...

Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in ...

Troy features Agamemnon and Achilles hiding inside the horse, but as Konijnendijk points out, both of them are dead by this point in the Ancient Greek story. "So we've confused our chronology ...

The core idea of Troy, however, remains the same.King Agamemnon (a delightfully hammy Brian Cox) has devoured the Greek kingdoms and forced them into subservience in his quest for tyrannical power.

A famous, rich and powerful king featured in Homer’s epic poetry, Agamemnon built a coalition of forces that successfully sacked the city of Troy. He was an epic hero whose legend lives to this day.

"Perhaps it is necessary to see the end before you can understand the beginning," Tim Vasen, a lecturer in the Program in Theater & Dance, wrote in his Director's Note for the program's fall ...

New Netflix series "Troy: Fall of a City" expands on Homer's the "Iliad," following Paris from his childhood through the destruction of Troy. But how much of it is a true story and how much is myth?

The Greeks have been encamped outside Troy for a decade in their fruitless attempt to reclaim Helen, wife of Menelaus. After recent raids on neighboring towns, Menelaus’ brother Agamemnon has ...