Was Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, a Historical Figure or Mythological?

Was Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, a Historical Figure or Mythological?

Mycenaean death masks. The one on the right is the so-called “Mask of Agamemnon”. Credit: Zde / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Xuan Che / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons King Agamemnon is one of the most famous and significant characters of Greek mythology. He was the leader of the Greek forces that attacked the city of Troy during the Trojan War. But was Agamemnon real, or was he merely a figure of mythology with no specific real-life basis? Who was Agamemnon? F…