Clytemnestra was waiting for her husband Agamemnon to come back from The Trojan War.
Broteas first, who was killed by Agamemnon who was her husband during the Trojan War, who was killed by Aegisthus.
Upon Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
King Agamemnon of Mycenae was at the Trojan war. His wife, Clytemnestra, cheated on him with Aegisthus. When Agamemnon came back from the Trojan War, Clytemnestra and Aegistus teamed up and chopped his head off. Orestes is Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's son. He killed his mother, Clytemnestra to avenge his father.
Clytemnestra played a significant role in the tragic fate of Cassandra in Greek mythology by being involved in her murder. Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon, was responsible for killing Cassandra along with her husband. This act was part of a larger cycle of revenge and betrayal within the story of the Trojan War.
Clytemnestra kills Agamemnon in revenge for his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia and his betrayal of their marriage by bringing back a concubine from the Trojan War.
Broteas first, who was killed by Agamemnon who was her husband during the Trojan War, who was killed by Aegisthus.
Upon Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
King Agamemnon of Mycenae was at the Trojan war. His wife, Clytemnestra, cheated on him with Aegisthus. When Agamemnon came back from the Trojan War, Clytemnestra and Aegistus teamed up and chopped his head off. Orestes is Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's son. He killed his mother, Clytemnestra to avenge his father.
Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Agamemnon was the brother of Menelaus, the King of Sparta, and was unable to sail to Troy until he sacrificed Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis, since he had slain one of her woodland creatures. After sacrificing his daughter, Agamemnon was able to travel to- and fight in- the Trojan war.The death of Iphigenia plays a significant role following the Trojan war, as Clytemnestra was obviously furious at her husband for his actions. It was said that Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon upon his return, and considered this an 'execution' rather than a murder. This tale can be found in the play Agamemnon, by Aeschylus.
Clytemnestra played a significant role in the tragic fate of Cassandra in Greek mythology by being involved in her murder. Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon, was responsible for killing Cassandra along with her husband. This act was part of a larger cycle of revenge and betrayal within the story of the Trojan War.
Agamemnon, the husband of Clytemnestra was the leader of those who attacked the Trojans for Helen, her sister: described as Queen of Mycenae, the daughter of King Tyndareus and Queen Leda of Sparta. She had lovers in Broteas, son of King Tantalus of Argos/Corinth and Aegisthus.
Clytemnestra kills Agamemnon in revenge for his sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia and his betrayal of their marriage by bringing back a concubine from the Trojan War.
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According to the Oresteia myth cycle, Clytaemnestra was murdered by her son Orestes. (This is the subject matter of Aeschylus' play Choephoroi / The Libation-Bearers). I would expect that Edith Hamilton knew that.
Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, and since no dates are ever given for the Trojan War, there is way to define when she lived aside from saying that it was during the Greek Bronze Age.
Clytemnestra never forgave her husband Agamemnon for sacrificing their daughter, Iphigenia, as an offering to the gods in order to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet during the Trojan War. This act of sacrificing their own child deeply angered and betrayed Clytemnestra, leading her to seek revenge against Agamemnon.
Agamemnon had two daughters with his wife Clytemnestra. They were Electra and Iphigenia. Iphigenia was sacrificed to the Gods during the Trojan war, though it is said that Artemis put a hart in her place and took Iphigenia off to Crimea. Electra, on the other hand, has a very different story. Clytemnestra hated her husband. When he returned home from Troy she and her lover, Aegisthus, killed him. Electra plotted for years with her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus as revenge for them killing Agamemnon. Finally she convinced him to kill their mother and his lover.