agamemnon, the king of kings of the greek and brother to menelaus , the husband of helen.
his daughter was iphigenia.
On a diplomatic mission to Sparta, Paris became enamoured of Helen, and she either eloped with or was abducted back to Troy by Paris. In anger, Menelaus called upon Helen's past suitors to make good their oaths to attack Troy. Eventually an army of a thousand ships marshalled by Menelaus' brother Agamemnon was gathered at Aulis, including all the above-named men and their own forces. A seer told them that the winds would not take them to Troy unless Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia. He did so, and the fleet set off. They landed at Troy, eventually, where there ensued a siege of nine years, broken only intermittently by fighting until the tenth year.
2006-11-20 12:27:29
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answered by shogunly 5
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Nope, it was Menelaus' brother, the king Agamemnon.
He sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to get the winds for the ships to get to Troy.
He got payback, though, big time.
Aeschylus wrote about these events in his plays.
2006-11-20 20:33:48
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answered by papyrusbtl 6
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it was Agamemnon who sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess, Artemis when the Greek fleet went to fight in the Trojan War for good winds. as the myth goes, some say that Iphigenia was saved by Artemis and her mother avenges her by killing Agamemnon
2006-11-20 20:29:56
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answered by drkdrmr07 2
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I'm not sure on this but it might have been Menelaus , he was the husband of Helen of Troy. I believe the daughter sacrificed was Hermione.
2006-11-20 20:23:50
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answered by nate h 1
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