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Clytemnestra

Information on Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon and mother of Orestes and Iphigenia.

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Clytaemnestra
Carlos Parada's page on the Clytaemnestra, the woman Agamemnon married after killing her first husband and child. This detailed account also mentions the fact that Iphigenia, the daughter Agamemnon is said to have sacrified to Artemis at Aulis, may actually have been CLytemnestra's niece, the child of Helen and Theseus.

Clytemnestra
Short entry on Clytemnestra, the wife of King Agamemnon and mother of Iphigenia and Orestes.

Clytemnestra (Clytaemnestra)
Encyclopedia Mythica article on Clytemnestra, by Mia Gibson. Clytemnestra was the daughter of Leda (mother of Helen of Troy) and Tyndareus. Article points out that Homer's version of Clytemnestra's story has her lover, Aegisthus, murdering her husband Agamemnon. In this version, Orestes does not murder his mother.

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