The Public Relations Crisis of Agamemnon

Agamemnon would give up the girl, but he would get material signs to reconfirm his status. He refuses and then Apollo takes action and he sends a plague to the Greeks. So suddenly the leader of the kings, the king of kings is without a visible prize. The way to be a big man is to have a lot of goods,. To bestow from your vast horde of wealth gifts on others and to receive gifts in return.