thats my secret cap... im not >:)
IN MY HUMBLE ONION basically everyone in the iliad with the exception of a few of the women (briseis for example) is morally reprehensible by todays standards, but i really dont go into the war crimes fandom expecting them to be anything but, and i dont really defend agamemnon on the basis of anything other than the sentiment of "that shit was interesting as fuck ag, do it again!"
IF we're approaching defending him from a "lets measure up how decent of a guy/sympathetic he is" angle, however, all im really saying is that hes not any worse than clytemnestra is (with the thought in mind that clytemnestra treated her surviving children so shittily they felt they had no recourse but to murder her, and also she killed cassandra for like no fucking reason other than being a jilted wife, which doesnt really entitle you to someone elses life)... and that if he didnt care about iphigenia IMMENSELY then she wouldnt have made such a tragic sacrificeβor even really much of a sacrifice at all. because its not a sacrifice if you dont love it and care for it and mourn its loss, you dig? also, how do you defy YOUR LITERAL GODS when they demand a sacrifice of you?
also the burning cities pretty much comes with the territory in greek myth. its a recreational activity for my dudes's enrichment, dont take it from them /j
tldr: agamemnon is cool and i like him and i will go to bat for him on the basis of he didnt really do anything much worse than anyone elses blorbos, and also without him the iliad wouldnt be nearly as interesting. and thats on periodt
