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Sometimes spelled '''Clytaimestra''', she is a character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the [[wife]] of [[Agamemnon]], [[mother]] of [[Orestes]], half-sister of [[Helen of Troy]], and lover of [[Aigisthos]]. She was [[anger|angry]] when Agamemnon decides to sacrifice their daughter [[Iphigeneia]] to satisfy a requirement of [[Artemis]] based on the [[prophecy]] of seer [[Calchas]]. While Agamemnon is away at [[Troy]] during the [[Trojan War]], she has an illicit [[Romantic love|romance]] with Aigisthos; when Agamemnon returns, she helps her lover [[murder]] her husband, and this sparks a continuing sequence of [[Greek tragedy]] which provided much material for tragedians | Sometimes spelled '''Clytaimestra''', she is a character from [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] who was the [[wife]] of [[Agamemnon]], [[mother]] of [[Orestes]], half-sister of [[Helen of Troy]], and lover of [[Aigisthos]]. She was [[anger|angry]] when Agamemnon decides to sacrifice their daughter [[Iphigeneia]] to satisfy a requirement of [[Artemis]] based on the [[prophecy]] of seer [[Calchas]]. While Agamemnon is away at [[Troy]] during the [[Trojan War]], she has an illicit [[Romantic love|romance]] with Aigisthos; when Agamemnon returns, she helps her lover [[murder]] her husband, and this sparks a continuing sequence of [[Greek tragedy]] which provided much material for tragedians. | ||
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Clytemnestra [r]: Sometimes spelled Clytaimestra, she is a character from Greek mythology who was the wife of Agamemnon, mother of Orestes, half-sister of Helen of Troy, and lover of Aigisthos. She was angry when Agamemnon decides to sacrifice their daughter Iphigeneia to satisfy a requirement of Artemis based on the prophecy of seer Calchas. While Agamemnon is away at Troy during the Trojan War, she has an illicit romance with Aigisthos; when Agamemnon returns, she helps her lover murder her husband, and this sparks a continuing sequence of Greek tragedy which provided much material for tragedians.