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Clytemnestra appears as an extremely abusive mother in the play Molora, Yaël Farber's 2007 rewriting of the Oresteia set in post-apartheid South Africa and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Clytemnestra. In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae or Argos. She was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, rulers of Sparta, and sister of Castor, Polydeuces, and Helen. Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter.
18 sie 2023 · Clytemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, was the wife of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae. She and her lover Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon when he returned home from the Trojan War, but were later killed in turn by Orestes, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s son.
Ród Pelopsa. Klitajmestra wyszła za mąż za Tantala [7] (Kubiak używa też imienia Talos [15]). Mąż jej wywodził się z rodu Pelopsa, a ojcem jego był Tyestes [8] [16], śmiertelny wróg swego brata Atreusa, z którym przegrał rywalizację o tron mykeński. Niekiedy też za ojca jego podaje się syna Tyestesa imieniem Ajgistos [17] czy też Broteasa [18].
Iphigenia and her mother Clytemnestra are brought to Aulis, under the pretence that Achilles will marry her. In some versions of the story, they realise the truth, while in others, Iphigenia remains unaware of her imminent sacrifice until the last moment, believing until the moment of her death that she is being led to the altar to be married.
Clytemnestra was a famous queen in Greek mythology, for Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and mother of Orestes, Electra and Iphigenia. Clytemnestra though, was also a murderer, an adulteress and a victim.
Clytemnestra, in Greek legend, a daughter of Leda and Tyndareus and wife of Agamemnon, commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. She took Aegisthus as her lover while Agamemnon was away at war. Upon his return, Clytemnestra and Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon.
