#sorry but I can’t stand this Agamemnon apologia
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Even if Agamemnon didn’t rape Cassandra, he still killed her friends and family (or helped kill her friends and family) and destroyed her home.
#sorry but I can’t stand this Agamemnon apologia#you can find him to be a complex and interesting character but y’all need to stop denying he’s a bastard#that’s a statement that can apply to pretty much all the Greeks who committed war crimes in Troy#yes including Odysseus#any of them feeling bad about what they did doesn’t change the fact they did it#greek mythology#ancient greek mythology#greek pantheon#Cassandra#agamemnon#cassandra of troy#Troy#Trojan war#Iliad#Euripides#Greek tragedy#ancient greek theater
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So yes, it is pretty weird if you ship them, it’s like shipping Theseus with Ariadne. Only worse, bc Theseus didn’t enslave Ariadne.
Even if Agamemnon didn’t rape Cassandra, he still killed her friends and family (or helped kill her friends and family) and destroyed her home.
#sorry but i can’t stand this agamemnon apologia#cassandra#troy#trojan war#iliad#euripides#greek tragedy#tagamemnon#agamemnon#Theseus#ariadne
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