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clytemnestra
/ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/
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What does clytemnestra mean?
proper noun
- wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed after the Trojan War, whereupon was killed herself by their son Orestes
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/ˌklaɪtɪmˈnɛstɹə/
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Heinsius considers Agamemnon cautious when he left Demodocus near Clytemnestra, as he remarks that Demodocus was infibulated.