Clytemnestra (redirected from Clytaemnestra)

Cly·tem·nes·tra also Cly·taem·nes·tra  (kltm-nstr)

n. Greek Mythology

The wife of Agamemnon who, with the assistance of her lover Aegisthus, murdered him on his return from the Trojan War and was later murdered by her son Orestes.

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Clytemnestra, Clytaemnestra [ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstrə]

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(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War

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Clytemnestra - (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks