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| Clytemnestra | |
|---|---|
| Greek mythology character | |
 Clytemnestra, John Collier, 1882 | |
| In-universe information | |
| Family | Tyndareus (father) Leda (mother) Helen of Troy (twin half-sister) Castor and Pollux (full-brother and half-brother respectively) |
| Spouse | Tantalus, Agamemnon |
| Children | Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Iphianassa, Chrysothemis, Aletes, Erigone, Helen |
Clytemnestra (/ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstrə/,[1] UK also /klaɪtəmˈniːstrə/;[2] Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, romanized: Klutaimnḗstra, pronounced [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Sparta. In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Agamemnon had taken as a war prize following the sack of Troy; however, in Homer's Odyssey, her role in Agamemnon's death is unclear and her character is significantly more subdued.
- ^ "Definition of CLYTEMNESTRA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.