agariste was the daughter of a priest and concubine of agamemnon.
agariste was the daughter of a priest and concubine of agamemnon.
the daughter of a priest and concubine of agamemnon?
agariste
chryses, a priest of apollo and father of chryseis, came to agamemnon to ask for the return of his daughter. agamemnon refused, and insulted chryses, who prayed to apollo to avenge his ill-treatment. enraged, apollo afflicted the achaean army with plague. agamemnon was forced to return chryseis to end the plague, and took achilles' concubine briseis as his own. enraged at the dishonour agamemnon had inflicted upon him, achilles decided he would no longer fight. he asked his mother, thetis, to intercede with zeus, who agreed to give the trojans success in the absence of achilles, the best warrior of the achaeans.
trojan war
hecuba rages inconsolably against the brutality of such an action, and resolves to take revenge. agamemnon enters, and hecuba, tentatively at first and then boldly requests that agamemnon help her avenge her son's murder. hecuba's daughter cassandra is a concubine of agamemnon so the two have some relationship to protect and agamemnon listens. agamemnon reluctantly agrees, as the greeks await a favorable wind to sail home. the greek army considers polymestor an ally and agamemnon does not wish to be observed helping hecuba against him.
hecuba (play)