He goes on to wage war and destroy innocent lives, angering both the people and the gods. The chorus predict his downfall: "The gods fail not to mark those who have killed many. The black Furies stalking the man fortunate beyond all right wrench back again the set of his life and drop him to darkness" (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 461-466). He does come to a bad end in an ironic twist as Agamemnon, the sacrificer, becomes the victim when his wife Clytemnestra murders him. .
Agamemnon"s arrogance and weakness, symptoms of too much power, become obvious when he finally returns home from war. His wife greets him effusively and delightedly, but he says that her speech to him, like his absence, was too long (915- 916). Then he mocks her idea of placing rugs before him to walk on, saying that his reputation is strong enough without resorting to womanish tricks like walking on purple carpets. He feels he must boast in front of his wife, the one person who should not need convincing of his greatness. This shows how he loses some common sense in his preoccupation with the prestige of his name. Agamemnon then shows off his "booty" from the war, Cassandra. This is very disrespectful to his wife and shows again that Agamemnon is thoughtless and cruel. He throws Cassandra's presence in his wife's face, asking her to "conduct her graciously within" (950-951). All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. He doesn't show any kindness to his wife, whom he hasn't seen in a decade; in fact he makes fun of her. He doesn't stand up for his principles and he is careless by parading his mistress in front of his wife. He isn't acting like a very good king, and his people aren't impressed by him. The fact that he survived the war when many other heroes didn't may have made him more grating, because the chorus has hinted that he was well-liked before he left. The people, however did condemn his decision to kill his daughter.