Clytemnestra
Publié le 17/01/2022
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Greek Daughter of Tyndareus,
king of Sparta, and of Leda, sister of Helen and
Castor and Pollux. Clytemnestra was the mother
of Chrysothemis, Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes.
Clytemnestra married Agamemnon, king of Argos
and Mycenae, of the accursed house of Pelops. When
Agamemnon went to the Trojan War as commander
of the Greek forces, Clytemnestra became the lover
of Aegisthus, another descendant of Pelops. Clytemnestra
hated Agamemnon, for he had sacrificed their
daughter Iphigenia to Artemis, and to the wind god,
Aeolus, in order to get fair winds for the Greek fleet
to sail to Troy and many years of war.
When the victorious Agamemnon returned from
Troy, he brought with him Princess Cassandra as
one of the spoils of war. He and Cassandra were
murdered by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, who were
themselves murdered by Electra and Orestes.
Although Clytemnestra has little mythology of
her own, she is a major tragic figure in the plays of
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
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- Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes.
- Orestes Greek The only son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; brother of Electra, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis.
- Clytemnestra - Mythology.
- Electra (1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes.
- CLYTEMNESTRA