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To: SunkenCiv

This is how Clytemnestra knew Agamemnon had taken Troy and was returning home.


27 posted on 12/07/2025 10:47:28 AM PST by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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To: Track9
Yes, Aeschylus in his play Agamemnon, put on in 458 B.C., has a system of signal fires by which the news of the capture of Troy is sent to Argos.
28 posted on 12/07/2025 2:47:38 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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