Clytemnestra
Also known as: Clytaemnestra · Klytemnestra · Clytaemestra
- 1Clytemnestra was the queen of Mycenae and the wife of King Agamemnon.
- 2She was the half-sister of Helen of Troy, who was famously abducted to Troy.
- 3She was the mother of Orestes and Electra, born from her union with Agamemnon.
- 4She is central to the narrative of the House of Atreus due to her role in the death of her husband.
- 5Her character is a primary figure in the tragic cycles concerning the aftermath of the Trojan War.
In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy.
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wife and murderer of Agamemnon
She was the queen of Mycenae who plotted to kill Agamemnon upon his return from the Trojan War as retribution for the sacrifice of their daughter, Iphigenia.
sister
Helen's sister who married Agamemnon, linking the two royal houses of Sparta and Mycenae.
In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. With Agamemnon, she was the mother of Orestes and Electra.