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Clytemnestra
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Clytemnestra (/ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstrə/,[1] UK also /klaɪtəmˈniːstrə/;[2] Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, Klytaimnḗstrā, [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Agamemnon had taken as a war prize following the sack of Troy; however, in Homer's Odyssey, her role in Agamemnon's death is unclear and her character is significantly more subdued.
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Greek mythology character | |
![]() Clytemnestra, John Collier, 1882 | |
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Family | Tyndareus (father) Leda (mother) Helen of Troy (twin half-sister) Castor and Pollux (full-brother and half-brother respectively) |
Spouse | Tantalus, Agamemnon |
Children | Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Iphianassa, Chrysothemis, Aletes, Erigone, Helen |
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