Clytemnestra
or Cly·taem·nes·ra
[klahy-tuh m-nes-truh]
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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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Clytemnestra has announced to the chorus the capture of Troy.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Aegisthus lifts the pall, and beholds the body of Clytemnestra!
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Iphigenia (Iphigeni′a) was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly DescribedEdward S. Ellis
Morshead is bearable in Clytemnestra's description the beacons.
InstigationsEzra Pound
The self-sufficingness of Clytemnestra is the main point in her portrait.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)John Addington Symonds
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