Homer's The Iliad, Aristophanes Lysistrata, and Aeschylus The Seven Against Thebes, all dealt with issues concerning manhood in the Greek and Roman days, war also came but it was only because of the attitudes of these men. ... Agamemnon is the king of Mycenae and commander-in-chief of the Achaean army. ... Agamemnon's pride makes him so arrogant that he demands that Achilles prize Briseis be given to him, and because of this attitude of him the Greeks army suffered devastating loses. Achilles was angry because of this and withdrew from the war, and this along with Agamemnon's...

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