Clytemnestra

or Cly·taem·nes·ra

[ klahy-tuhm-nes-truh ]

/ ˌklaɪ təmˈnɛs trə /

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noun Classical Mythology.

the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the wife of Agamemnon, and the mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. She killed Agamemnon and was herself killed, along with her lover, Aegisthus, by Orestes.

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How to use Clytemnestra in a sentence

She has been called, after his words, the moral Clytemnestra of her husband.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
Agamemnon, at his return from the Trojan wars, was slain by Ægysthus, the adulterer of Clytemnestra.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
Here he announced himself to Clytemnestra as a messenger from Strophius, bringing news of the death of her son Orestes.
The Student's Mythology|Catherine Ann White
The Chorus are past military age, and are come to learn from Clytemnestra why there is sacrifice throughout all Argos.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb

Few dramatic personages have used this device so effectively as Clytemnestra, certainly none with a more fiendish intent.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb

British Dictionary definitions for Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra

Clytaemnestra

/ (ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstrə) /

noun

Greek myth the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War

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