When Agamemnon arrives, Clytemnestra pretends to welcome him home and invites him to a feast. However, the feast is a trap. As Agamemnon enters the palace, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus attack him and kill him.
The murder of Agamemnon is a significant event in Greek mythology, as it leads to a chain of events that will eventually result in the fall of the House of Atreus. Clytemnestra's and Aegisthus's actions will be avenged by Agamemnon's son, Orestes, who will kill both of them in revenge for his father's murder.