Meaning Of The Word Aegisthus

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Aegisthus in American English
the son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra: he helps her to kill her husband, Agamemnon
noun: a cousin of Agamemnon who seduced Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, and was later killed by Orestes

Aegisthus in British English
noun: a cousin to and the murderer of Agamemnon, whose wife Clytemnestra he had seduced. He usurped the kingship of Mycenae until Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returned home and killed him

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