Clytemnestra
Sign in to saveIn 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.
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Clytemnestra was a figure in ancient Greek mythology, known as the wife of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. She is significant in Greek myths as the mother of notable children including Orestes and Electra, making her a central figure in several major ancient stories.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- Clytemnestra by John Collier, 1882.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Clytemnestra, John Collier, 1882
- Deity.god_of
- Queen of Mycenae
- Deity.spouse
- Tantalus, Agamemnon, Aegisthus
- Deity.father
- Tyndareus
- Deity.mother
- Leda
- Deity.siblings
- Helen of Troy, Castor and Pollux, Phoebe, Timandra, Philonoe
- Deity.children
- Orestes, Electra, Iphigenia, Chrysothemis, Iphianassa, Aletes, Erigone, Helen
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- Murder of Agamemnon
- Death
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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.
Clytemnestra appears as a character in multiple ancient Greek works, including the Homeric epics and plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. She is infamous for murdering Agamemnon when he returned from the Trojan War along with Trojan princess Cassandra, taken as a war prize, as revenge for sacrificing their daughter Iphigenia to the gods. However, in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, her role in Agamemnon's death is unclear and her character is significantly more subdued.