Agamemnon, part human, part god, could
be the prototype of Superman or Batman.
His divine gifts included both physical
and mental genius, but he suffered mortal and moral weakness. Upon his return from the Trojan War, his unfaithful wife, Clytemnestra, had him slain. Years later their son Orestes returned home to avenge his father’s death. He murdered his mother and her paramour, and fled from the kingdom with his sister Electra. The Furies pursued them relentlessly.