Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Clytemnestra

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CLYTEMNESTRA, in Greek mythology, daughter of King Tyndareus and Leda, and half-sister of Helen. During the absence of Agamemnon in the war against Troy she bestowed her favors on Ægisthus, and, in connection with him, murdered Agamemnon on his return from Troy, and, together with her paramour, governed Mycenae for seven years. Her son Orestes killed them both.