Clytemnestra

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Clytemnestra in Greek mythology, the wife of Agamemnon. She conspired with her lover Aegisthus to murder Agamemnon on his return from the Trojan War, and was murdered in retribution by her son Orestes and her daughter Electra.

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Clytemnestra

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Clytemnestra In Greek legend, the unfaithful wife of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, and mother of his son Orestes. On Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

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