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Clytemnestra

or Cly·taem·nes·ra

[ klahy-tuhm-nes-truh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the wife of Agamemnon, and the mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. She killed Agamemnon and was herself killed, along with her lover, Aegisthus, by Orestes.


Clytemnestra

/ ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstrə /

noun

  1. Greek myth the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

While in the Graham troupe, Mr. Wagoner originated roles in “Clytemnestra,” “Acrobats of God” and “Episodes,” among other works.

Something you don’t want to hear after getting married: “Now that’s a coincidence. My birth mother’s name was Clytemnestra de Nunkyhaven, too!”

In Icke’s “Oresteia,” mirroring the violence is never the intention; we encounter the war only through the perspective of the family, more precisely through Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon.

The following year, she was Clytemnestra in a Circle in the Square production of “Iphigenia in Aulis.”

Only the scene where Clytemnestra counsels her daughter to grit her teeth and bear it is persuasive and sobering.

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