answersLogoWhite

0

Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus were both killed by her son Orestes as revenge for Clytemnestra's murder of his father, Agamemnon. Orestes, with the help of his sister Electra, plotted and carried out the murders to avenge their father's death.

User Avatar

AnswerBot

1y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What happened to Argamemnon after the Trojan war?

Upon Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra.


How did Clytemnestra die?

She and her lover Aegisthus stabbed him to death in the bath.


What happened to Agamemnon after the fall of troy?

Agamemnon , upon his return home from Troy , was murdered by his wife Clytemnestra's lover Aegisthus .


Who was Aegisthus?

Aegisthus was the son of Thyestes and his daughter, Pelopia. He was Clytemnestra's lover, though she was married to Agamemnon, and helped her kill him.


Why does Clytemnestra hate Agamemnon?

There are two different stories:Agamemnon sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, and this made Clytemnestra angry.Clytemnestra was unfaithful and took on a lover, Aegisthus, and because of this, she killed her husband, Agamemnon.


What is the story of Aegisthus Agamemnon Clytemnestra and Orestes?

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.


What does aegisthus look like?

Handsome enough for Clytemnestra to want to have an affair with him.


How did King Agamemnon die?

While Agamemnon was away at war, his wife, Clytemnestra took a lover named Aegisthus, son of Thyestes. All accounts of his death are either at his hands or hers.


Who is the daughter of 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.


Who betrayed agamemnon?

Agamemnon was betrayed by his wife, Clytemnestra. After he sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, to appease the gods for favorable winds to sail to Troy, Clytemnestra harbored resentment and ultimately conspired with her lover, Aegisthus. Upon Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War, she killed him in revenge for his actions and her own feelings of betrayal.


What happened to Cassandra at the end of the Trojan war?

She was raped by Ajax The Lesser, and abducted, then becoming Agamemnon's concubine, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered them when they came to Mycenae or Argos where Agamemon was king.


Who was Clytemnestra's husband?

Broteas first, who was killed by Agamemnon who was her husband during the Trojan War, who was killed by Aegisthus.